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Faculty of Health, Psychology & Social Care

Working in Emergency Medicine?

Have you considered taking a coursewhich:

• Can validate your professionaltraining?

• Develops your knowledge andskills?

• Is tailored to meet your careerrequirements?

• Provides a number of differentroutes to reflect different careerfocuses?

• Is delivered predominantly on line

and

• Can be undertaken in your own time?

IntroductionDue to the success of our MScEmergency Medicine programmeportfolio, we can now offer three newroutes through the degree. So whetheryou are an emergency consultant,paediatric emergency physician, senior emergency nurse or a militaryemergency physician or nurse, thiscourse will enable you to broaden yourknowledge and skills, whilst supportingyour career development.

Do you want an academic qualification in your speciality?

MSc Emergency Medicine

MSc Emergency Medicine(Emergency Nursing)

MSc Emergency Medicine(Paediatric EmergencyMedicine)

MSc Emergency Medicine(Emergency Nursing)

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Designed entirely by physicians andnurses working in emergency care, ourprogramme can be tailored to your specificfocus and three of these routes areoutlined below. Teaching is on-line, andbased around a virtual hospital withproblem based learning, online lectures,tutorials, web links and online discussionswith your colleagues and fellow students.

The course is made up of two phases.Phase One provides a variety of core andelective modules from which you canselect a personalised route for academicassessment. The units depend on theroute you wish to follow and the electiveunits chosen build on this to exploreparticular interests. Units are offered on a rolling programme so over the course of your study, almost all units are likely to be available.

Students are able to choose to study toPostgraduate Certificate or PostgraduateDiploma level or to continue their studiesto achieve a Masters level qualification.

To be considered for entry to thisprogramme, candidates must currently beworking as either a registered medicalpractitioner or nurse in an area of urgentor emergency care and successfullycomplete an interview with one of theadmissions tutors, (usually by telephone).Students for whom English is a secondlanguage must hold IELTS (language test)and achieve the Academic Standard at 7.0or above, prior to admissions onto theprogramme Other specific practicerequirements are in place for Paediatricand Military Emergency Medicineroutes.

The PGCert Emergency Managementhas been developed for those senior staffin emergency departments who may havecompleted their professional training butwant a postgraduate qualification whichreflects their management function.Students on this route will be required toundertake three management units:Human Resource Management in theEmergency Department; Legal Aspects ofEmergency Medicine; and Managing theEmergency Department.

If you choose the Education routethough this programme you will bring60 credits to the programme in the form of a Postgraduate Certificate inEducation at level 7. You will completethe core requirements for Phase 1 of thisprogramme and will be able to exit atthat point with an award of a PGDipEmergency Medicine (with Education) or proceed to Phase 2 to be consideredfor the award of MSc EmergencyMedicine (with Education).

Students who wish to focus on MajorIncident Management will bring 60credits to the programme in the form of a Postgraduate Certificate in HealthIncident Command and undertake 60credits of core units, exiting with apostgraduate diploma or continuing to phase 2 of the programme.

Where will I study?

This course is managed online. Thecourse team and library and othercampus facilities are based at ElizabethGaskell Campus, which is situated onHathersage Road opposite theManchester Royal Infirmary.


Phase 1

Surgical Emergencies20 Credits

Trauma Emergencies20 Credits

Paediatric Emergencies20 Credits

Psychosocial Emergencies20 Credits

Acute Medical Emergencies 1 20 Credits

Acute Medical Emergencies 220 Credits

Clinical Core Option/ Option Units

Students must complete 2 of 6 clinical units

All clinical units have the pre requisite of anundergraduate medicalqualification

Study Design and Executionin Emergency Medicine20 Credits

Evidence-based Emergency Practice 20 Credits

Research Core Option/Option Units

Students must complete 1 of 2 research units

Managing the EmergencyDepartment20 Credits

Legal Aspects of Emergency Medicine20 Credits

Human ResourceManagement in theEmergency Department20 Credits

Management Core/Option Units

Mandatory Core Units forPgCert EmergencyManagement

Major Incident Management20 Credits

Emergency Life Support40 Credits

Other Option Units

MSc Emergency Medicine curriculum map

Phase 2

Phase 2 Project 60 Credits Mandatory Core Unit


Phase 1

Managing Emergencies in a Military Setting20 Credits

Military Pre-Hospital Care20 Credits

Combat Casualty Care20 Credits

Core Units

these clinical units have thepre requisite of professionalregistration in medicine or nursing

Phase 2



Evidence-based EmergencyPractice20 Credits


Students must complete 1 of2 research units for thePgDip and MSc awards







Clinical Option Units

All these clinical units havethe pre requisite of anundergraduate medicalqualification


Legal Aspects of EmergencyMedicine20 Credits


Human Resource Managementin the Emergency Department20 Credits


Other Option Units

MSc Emergency Medicine (Military Emergency Medicine)


Phase 1

Further Management ofPaediatric Surgical andPsychosocial Emergencies20 Credits

Further Management ofPaediatric MedicalEmergencies 20 Credits


Core Units

TraumaEmergencies20 Credits



Acute Medical Emergencies 1 20 Credits


Clinical Option Units

All clinical units have the pre requisite of anundergraduate medicalqualification


Legal Aspects of Emergency Medicine20 Credits




Other Option Units


Evidence-based Emergency Practice 20 Credits


Students must complete 1 of 2 research units for thePgDip and MSc awards

MSc Emergency Medicine (Paediatric Emergency Medicine)

Phase 2



Phase 1

Minor Injury Management20 Credits

Minor Illness Management20 Credits

Clinical Core Option/Option Units

students must complete 3clinical units


Evidence-based EmergencyPractice20 Credits


Students must complete 1 of 2 research units for thePgDip and MSc awards


Leadership in Urgent CareSettings20 credits

Legal Aspects of EmergencyMedicine20 Credits




Option Units




Medical Emergencies 20 Credits


All these clinical units havethe pre requisite ofprofessional registration in nursing

Managing Emergencies in a Military Setting20 Credits

Military Pre-Hospital Care20 Credits

Combat Casualty Care20 Credits

All these clinical units havethe pre requisite ofprofessional registration in medicine or nursing

Curriculum Map of MSc Emergency Medicine (Emergency Nursing)


The academic and professionalrequirements for acceptance onto singleunits within the programme are that thestudent must:

• possess a relevant professionalqualification (which may notnecessarily be as a registered medicalpractitioner);

• be practising or have practiced in anarea of urgent or emergency care;

• have at least 2 years practicalexperience;

• have evidence of recent study withinthe higher education framework.

Phase two is a dissertation, requiring apresentation of a substantial practitionerproject in the field of emergency medicinein an area of your choice.

This final piece of work will include:

• A clinical topic review

• A Project report

• A draft paper for publication

For more information on the units andprogramme provided, please view thecourse details on our online 2012Postgraduate Prospectus, or for aninformal discussion about the programme,please contact the course leaders,Professor Janet [email protected] orProfessor Kevin [email protected]

Phase 2



This publication is available in alternative formats. Please telephone 0161 247 2029

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The Faculty of Health,Psychology and Social CareThe Faculty of Health, Psychology &Social Care offers a wide portfolio ofundergraduate, postgraduate andprofessional programmes on both a fulland part-time basis.

Together these programmes span a rangeof academic disciplines within the caringand enabling professions, including socialwork, psychology, nursing, social change,community work, physiotherapy,acupuncture, speech and languagetherapy and other health-related subjects.

For further information about study opportunities in the Faculty of Health,Psychology & Social Care, please visit our website at www.hpsc.mmu.ac.uk.

This information is correct at the time of going to press. For terms and conditions applicable to the provision of theUniversity’s Educational Services please refer to the 2013 Undergraduate Prospectus.


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