Professional Practice

Aimed at those already working as health and social care professionals who want to enhance their practice, this Advanced Practice course from Bournemouth University is delivered on a part-time and CPD basis in recognition of the highly flexible requirements of practitioners.

Why study MA Professional Practice at Bournemouth University ?

• Learning includes a mix of interactive workshops, teaching sessions and facilitated group discussions
• Service user and carer input are central to the course, combined with individualised self-directed learning with flexibility in units to meet your individual needs
• Opportunities for experiential learning are provided in a supervised practice placement as required by the professional body
• Practitioners who successfully complete the program can be considered for professional warranting by their local authority as Approved Mental Health Professionals under the Mental Health Act 1983 amended 2007
• As part of your Master’s you’ll deliver a Service Improvement Project, which will involve you improving an existing approach to service improvement or developing a new one.

Careers

This is a full-time course delivered in blocks of taught days and placement days. On this course you will usually be taught by a range of staff with relevant expertise and knowledge appropriate to the content of the unit. This will include senior academic staff, qualified professional practitioners, demonstrators, technicians and research students.

Details of the assessment methods and contact hours for each unit of the course can be found in the program specification.

Courses include:

• Ethics, Values & Perspectives in Mental Health
• Mental Health & the Law
• AMHP Role in Practice
• Human-Rights
• Service Improvement
• Evidencing