Course summary

• Advance your clinical, therapeutic and reasoning skills in the field of musculoskeletal clinical practice.
• Develop your skills in communication and leadership to bring about more evidence based, efficient and effective services.
• Engage in debate and develop skills which enhance your ability to facilitate service development and enhance patient care.

This course is designed for experienced postgraduate healthcare professionals working in musculoskeletal clinical practice. It is also suitable if you have studied manual therapy at a high level on clinically - based courses, such as with the International Maitland Teachers Association. You can have relevant clinically focused learning recognised and the credits transferred via a Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) process.

How you learn

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

On this course you engage with evidence, theories and concepts relevant to musculoskeletal practice. You will be encouraged to share ideas, broaden your understanding, reflect on your own clinical practice and also learn from the other people on the course.

You learn through:

• practical sessions
• independent guided study
• student-directed learning
• completion of formative tasks
• use of our virtual learning environment (Blackboard)

You can study individual modules from this course and gain academic credit towards a qualification.

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in

• physiotherapy and musculoskeletal practice

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work in

• the NHS
• the public sector
• the military and sports sector
• private clinics and private hospitals
• advanced practice roles, such as emergency department physiotherapist
• research
• teaching