The MSc programme provides a solid foundation in the principles, practice, lived experience and service delivery of clinical neurosciences. It is open to learners from a diverse range of academic and clinical backgrounds including psychology graduates, doctors in core and higher specialist training, nurses and allied health professionals. As such, you and your fellow students will reflect the multidisciplinary nature of modern neurosciences healthcare.
The programme will be strongly values-oriented, emphasising the equal contribution of the different health professions to c...
The MSc programme provides a solid foundation in the principles, practice, lived experience and service delivery of clinical neurosciences. It is open to learners from a diverse range of academic and clinical backgrounds including psychology graduates, doctors in core and higher specialist training, nurses and allied health professionals. As such, you and your fellow students will reflect the multidisciplinary nature of modern neurosciences healthcare.<br/><br/>The programme will be strongly values-oriented, emphasising the equal contribution of the different health professions to clinical care, the inclusion of lived experience in learning and caring and structural factors such as patriarchy and coloniality that bias neuroscience research and care.<br/><br/>The course will be delivered by an outstanding faculty of academics and clinicians. Research-active academics from the University’s Neuroscience Research Section and Centre for Biomedical Education will teach the Foundations of Clinical Neuroscience module. Our clinical teachers include senior members of Atkinson Morley Regional Neurosciences Centre - St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (stgeorges.nhs.uk) who have commissioned, designed, delivered and quality assured state of the art clinical services. They will share their experience of working with NHS England, NICE, CQC, the British Psychological Society, and the medical royal colleges. Clinical psychologists and neuropsychologists from the hospital’s renowned Clinical Neuropsychology and Clinical Health Psychology team will teach the psychology content and supervise clinical placements. At every stage of the programme, students will also have the opportunity to learn from experts by experience including people living with neurological and related illnesses as patients or carers.<br/><br/>The programme has a modular structure. Mandatory components consist of the Foundations of Clinical Neuroscience module, at least one research support module, and a research dissertation, plus one or both specialist modules on Clinical Neuropsychology or Health Services Delivery for the Neurosciences. Clinical placement is mandatory for those with a pre-clinical psychology background and optional for qualified healthcare professionals. Optional elements include a range of exciting modules from across the University, including from programmes in Personalised Medicine, Global Health and Genomic Medicine.
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
1 Years
Start Date
09/2024
Campus
St George's, University Of London
Application deadline
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Course Code
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Institution Code
S49
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Region | Costs | Academic Year | Year |
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England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland | £14,000 | 2024/25 | Year 1 |
EU, International | £24,000 | 2024/25 | Year 1 |