MSc Advanced Clinical Practice Radiotherapy and Oncology

Course summary

• Develop expert skills within a scope of practice.
• Progress from expert to advanced practice.
• Enhance critical appraisal skills around the knowledge base of your scope of practice.
• Enhance critical appraisal skills around the knowledge base of your scope of practice.
• Become an autonomous practitioner, improving your research, leadership skills and ability to implement service developments.

This MSc can be used as evidence of your development within a scope of practice and is completed in partnership with your employer. You'll develop as a Radiotherapy and/ or Oncology Advanced Practitioner enhancing your clinical, leadership, research and education skills, linking with the Multi professional framework for Advanced Clinical Practice.

How you learn

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

The modules on this course are designed to encourage you to critically reflect on your role and further enhance your knowledge, skills and behaviours as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner.

You’ll gain knowledge and skills around expert practice, leadership, ethical and legal elements of the field. You’ll also develop your research skills to improve patient care. Elective modules allow you to personalise your study to your career needs.

Your distance learning will be supported by your module leader. You’ll undertake regular e-tivities and peer feedback.

You learn through

• independent guided study
• student-directed learning
• completion of formative tasks
• use of our virtual learning environment (Blackboard)

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in

• Advanced Radiotherapy and/ or Oncology Practice with a recognised qualification.

You must hold a degree in a related health care subject, for example BSc (Hons) Radiotherapy and Oncology or Therapeutic Radiography or a Diploma of the College of Radiographers (T).