Students need to complete 180 credits to complete the MSc in Advanced Emergency Care, 120 credits for the postgraduate diploma and 60 credits for the postgraduate certificate. All modules account for 15 credits unless stated otherwise. You will be required to take a minimum of 60 and maximum of 90 credits worth of optional modules.
There are three core modules. There are two options for the dissertation, a 45 credit and 60 credit option. Depending upon the need to take the Introduction to UK Emergency Medicine module and the dissertation options, chosen students taking the MSc will need to complete between five and six optional modules.
We recommend that students take no more than 2 modules per semester. It is advisable to complete all core modules within the first three semesters of the course. When choosing optional modules, we suggest that you choose a balance of clinical and non-clinical modules that suits your interests.
We anticipate that most students will be able to complete the course within 2 - 3 years, although you are allowed up to 4 years to do so. Academic advising is available to students prior to module selection each semester.
Details below refer to the 2018/19 programme.
HAR6104 Management Theory and Practice
Led by Julie Perrin, Autumn semester
HAR6105 Evidence Based Emergency Medicine and Research
Led by Sue Mason, Autumn semester
HAR6125 Research Methods for Emergency Medicine
Led by Sarah Crede, Spring semester
HAR6053 Dissertation 1 (Advanced Emergency Care) (60 credits)
Led by Angie Rees, Academic year (Sept-Sept)
HAR6054 Dissertation 2 (Advanced Emergency Care) (45 credits)
Led by Colin O'Keeffe, Academic year (Sept-Sept)
HAR6029 Systematically Reviewing the Research Literature Online (non-clinical)
Led by Jo Leaviss, Autumn '18 & Autumn '19
HAR6107 Observational and Ambulatory Medicine (clinical)
Led by Jonathan Thornley, Autumn '19
HAR6121 Musculoskeletal Emergency Medicine (clinical)
Led by Roger Dalton, Autumn '18
Led by Hannah Jordan, Autumn '18 & Autumn '19
HAR6042 Introduction to Statistics and Critical Appraisal (non-clinical)
Led by Dawn Teare, Spring '19 & Spring '20
HAR6059 Public Health Informatics
Led by Helen Buckley Woods, Spring '19 & Spring '20
HAR6061 Further Statistics for Health Science Researchers
Led by Jeremy Dawson, Spring '19 & Spring '20
HAR6108 Paediatric Emergency Medicine (clinical)
Led by Claire McConnell and Deirdre O'Donnell, Spring '20
HAR6109 Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine, Event and Expedition Medicine (clinical)
Led by Justin Squires and Jamie Miles, Spring '20
HAR6122 Sedation in Emergency Medicine (clinical)
Led by Khurram Iftikhar, Spring '19
HAR6124 Medicolegal and Forensic Emergency Medicine (non-clinical)
Led by Roger Dalton, Spring '19 & Spring '20
HAR6128 Health, Healthcare and Research in Older People (clinical)
Led by Matthew Roycroft, Sarah Smith and Sarah Barnes, Spring '19
Please note that from 2018 the content of the module 'An Introduction to UK Emergency Medicine' is available through our programme site, available to all of our students.
The content of our courses is reviewed annually to make sure it’s up-to-date and relevant. Individual modules are occasionally updated or withdrawn. This is in response to discoveries through our world-leading research; funding changes; professional accreditation requirements; student or employer feedback; outcomes of reviews; and variations in staff or student numbers.