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DHC - Doctorate in Healthcare
University of Northampton
Flexible
JAN
5 years
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DHC - Doctorate in Healthcare
University of Northampton
Flexible
JAN
5 years
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OVERVIEW
This course offers experienced clinicians and practitioners in health and social care the opportunity to develop their academic and research skills, through a programme of study which is both grounded in and applied to professional health and social care practice. It provides the platform, opportunity and context for students to make change happen in health and social care. This inter-professional and multi-disciplinary programme combines modules and independent research.
All coursework will draw on professional expertise grounded within practice. Students will study seven facilitated modules during years one and two of the programme, followed by an independent research project, supported by a supervisory team leading to a doctoral thesis.
Course Details
We are passionate about delivering this programme, which we have designed for experienced clinicians and practitioners in health and social care. During your first two years with us, you will study seven modules which offer a sound grounding in research theory, methods and application. Our modules offer you extensive opportunities to work directly with a range of different types of data, including that arising from your own project work. Assessments include presentations, proposals, academic posters and a journal article which you may choose to submit for publication.
Our programme team is made up of Professors and Associate Professors from the Faculty of Health, Education and Society, and we carefully plan our delivery to enable you to make links from research specialists from across the institution and further afield. During the second year of your studies, you will be allocated a critical friend; a senior researcher within the institution, who will support you to finalise your thesis idea into a detailed proposal, ensuring that you are ready to hit the ground running with your own research from the start of year three.
Applicants should normally meet the following criteria: Be able to demonstrate that you have achieved 180 credits at Level 7 (through APCL). This will normally be in the form of a Masters degree in a cognate subject, completed within the 10 years prior to enrolment. Applicants holding a Masters degree completed more than 10 years prior to enrolment will need to demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Programme Leader, updating of their knowledge and skills at the equivalent of Level 7 during the past 10 years. A minimum of 3 years relevant work-experience at an appropriate level (e.g., demonstration of leadership, autonomy or advanced practice). Due to the work-based nature of the award students should currently be employed in a suitable workplace environment to support learning and assessment on the programme.
Students living in
Domestic
£2,545 per year
Students from Domestic
Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 23/24 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.
£2,545 per year
Students from International
Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 23/24 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.
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