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Professional Doctorate
Keele University
Part Time
OCT-25
6 Years
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Professional Doctorate
Keele University
Part Time
OCT-25
6 Years
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Overview The programme of taught modules combined with the research component allows students to undertake study and research that is clearly relevant to their professional practice, will support them to contribute to professional knowledge in their field of practice and will enable their career development. A number of routes within the programme as a whole are available to capture the array of health professional backgrounds and ensure applicability to the professional practice and professional development. A professional doctorate provides a rigorous programme of advanced study and research, equally rigorous to the purely research orientated PhD. The taught modules which occupy the first two years of the programme, provide opportunities to develop students skills and knowledge in key areas to facilitate career development, whilst the research component allows for development of skills in critical appraisal and the ability to develop the rationale, methodology and methods for research studies. The modules also allow development of other transferable skills such as project management, problem solving, information management and academic writing. The Health Professional Doctorate utilizes the expertise of the academic team across the whole of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences as well as experts from the clinical field to support the students development, research and scholarship many of whom may be nationally and internationally renowned researchers in their own field. Within the Health Professional Doctorate, students may wish to exit at key points prior to completing the whole programme and in doing so may be awarded either postgraduate diploma or masters in health sciences. This design is intended to provide flexibility for professionals studying whilst working in high pressured health service roles.
Duration
Up to 6 years part-time
Students should have completed a post graduate masters degree in a relevant subject (advice on alternates can be discussed with the route leads) or have relevant equivalent extended clinical practice.
Students living in
Domestic
£2,393 per year
Students from Domestic
Continuation Fee - £150 (1-12 months). The mentioned fee is for 2024/25 entry. There may be a slight increase in 2025/26 entry.
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