Clinical Critical Care (Online Distance Learning) (Taught)

The care of critically ill patients is a challenging and highly specialised area of health care practice. The polio pandemic in the 1950s led to the birth of the modern Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Another pandemic (Covid-19) has seen the term ‘ICU’ rise to prominence once again as the area in hospital where the most severely ill patients are cared for. Critical Care is a term that was repeated daily in the media during the pandemic. It is the specialty we practice in and are passionate about, and the area of health care we are dedicated to teaching at the University of Glasgow.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

• Work and assignments are tailored in order for students to reflect on implementing knowledge and skills in their own unit, country or region.

• Teaching will be delivered by experts in the fields of Critical Care via a state-of-the-art Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).

• Teaching sessions will include prerecorded lectures, online live webinars, practical demonstrations and peer discussion forums.

• Study, in depth, a wide range of clinical and non-clinical topics pertinent to the practice of Critical Care.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

This programme is delivered fully online. The MSc consists of 10 core courses plus a dissertation. There are two exit points, the Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert)* and the Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip).

The PgCert consists of a blend of clinical and non-clinical courses totalling 60 credits. The PgDip consists of 120 credits.

Learning is done exclusively via a state-of-the-art Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) with emphasis on the research and governance principles which underpin contemporary practice, as well as leadership and management skills.

The MSc/PgDip courses in year 1 are designed to introduce the academic skills required to complete the course and apply evidence based practice. The students will also start the in depth exploration of core clinical subjects in Critical Care and begin to produce independent reports/essays for submission online.

In Year 2, students will further enhance their knowledge of core Critical Care subjects and be introduced to leadership & management principles as well as clinical governance and quality Improvement in Critical Care.

In Year 3, MSc students will write a dissertation around a topic of their choice within their own professional domain allowing them to use the skills of academic enquiry learned.

There will be opportunities to discuss clinical cases, policies, management pathways, research and other aspects with world leaders in the field of Critical Care education and the opportunity to form professional ties with them.

Core Courses

Clinical:
Acute Kidney Injury
Gastrointestinal Emergencies
Neurocritical Care
Nutrition in Critical Care
Respiratory Failure
Sepsis
Trauma and Multi-Organ Failure

Non-Clinical:
Clinical Governance and Quality Improvement
Leadership & Management in Critical Care
Leading Care - Putting leadership into the health and social care context
Leading improvement in care provision
Research and Scientific Writing Skills
Transforming care services

*PGCert: During this programme you will be required to choose a blend of clinical and non-clinical courses all of which must total 60 credits. Please see the courses above and be specific in your application which ones you would like to study.

• 40-50 credits from clinical courses.

• 10-20 credits from non-clinical courses.

Specialism in Critical Care & Leadership
You can choose to graduate with a ‘specialism’ in Critical Care & Leadership:

• Leading Care - Putting leadership into the health and social care context

• Leading improvement in care provision

• Research and Scientific Writing Skills

• Transforming care services

• Critical Care and Leadership Dissertation

Students completing the Postgraduate Diploma will take no more than 120 credits. Students completing the Postgraduate Certificate will take no more than 60 credits.