Course details

Course details

This programme is available as either a two-year part-time course or a one-year full-time course.

It is a specialist, interprofessional MSc programme suitable for practitioners working in a variety of health and social care settings.

It offers the opportunity to acquire skills of critical enquiry, and an appreciation of the underlying theory and principles guiding your rehabilitation practice. The emphasis is on examining the best methods of integrating relevant theory and research into individual practice and within your teams.

You will also gain an understanding of the complex areas of government policy in relation to rehabilitation, and will look at models of disability and rehabilitation and their influence on practice from the perspective of both the practitioner and the patient/client.

In addition to developing your understanding of your specialist area this course will enable you to:

• Develop leadership skills and advanced practice to promote effective inter-professional working and service delivery in rehabilitation
• Develop a critical understanding of the key policy drivers in rehabilitation and critically evaluate the implications on your own practice
• Develop a critical awareness and systematic understanding of research methods used in rehabilitation research
• Critically evaluate your effectiveness in relation to the delivery of person centred rehabilitation
• Critically evaluate and advance the most current evidence based programmes of care in relation to the complex and changing needs of individuals with a disability.

There are a number of creative study options available to you:

• A variety of standalone modules in advanced Rehabilitation practice (15 and 30 credits)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Rehabilitation (60 credits)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Rehabilitation (120 credits)
• MSc in Rehabilitation (180 credits)

We have core modules which can also be taken as standalone courses and we encourage students to relate their assignments to the context of their workplace:

• Policy and Practice in Rehabilitation (30 credits)
• Critical Practice in Rehabilitation (30 credits)
• Evaluation of Reflection in Rehabilitation (15 credits)
• Professional Development in Rehabilitation (15 credits)

All sessions are based at St George's, University of London.

We also offer a number of option modules (15 credits) which can be taken as standalone modules:

• Life after Stroke - for more information please contact Fiona Jones: f.jones@sgul.kingston.ac.uk
• Towards Self Management after stroke - for more information please contact Fiona Jones: f.jones@sgul.kingston.ac.uk
• Pain Management - for more information please contact Iain Beith: i.beith@sgul.kingston.ac.uk
• Respiratory Rehabilitation - for more information please contact Dimitra Nikoletou : d.nikoletou@sgul.kingston.ac.uk
• Living with and beyond cancer - for more information please contact Patricia Webb: p.webb@sgul.kingston.ac.uk

Other 15 credit option modules are available through Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, St George's, University of London and Kingston University depending on numbers. For a detailed description of each module please see our module guide.

Rehabilitation module guide PgCert/PgDip/MSc (PDF)

Social work option modules available at Kingston University for the MSc Rehabilitation from the professional studies community care programme (15 credits). These can also be taken as standalone modules:

• Adulthood, Development and Transitions (Course leader: Nigel Hall n.hall@sgul.kingston.ac.uk)
• Participation and Choice: innovation in service user and carer involvement in service user delivery and practice (Course leader: Dr Jim Cowan)
• Power, Risk and Decision Making in Contemporary Partnerships (Course leaders: Hilary Tompsett and Jane Lindsay j.f.lindsay@sgul.kingston.ac.uk)

How large is a cohort?

As a course we are growing, but our numbers are not expected to exceed 20 in any given cohort. We welcome applications from UK, EU and International applicants with experience in a range of different health and social care professions.

"As a result of one of my course assignments, I'm currently working with my manager to implement a new outcome measure aimed at ensuring our care is more patient-centred, with a focus on patients' goals rather than on therapy-led measures. This is what makes the course so interesting - it's completely relevant and current to my actual practice."

Amy Wigley, Physiotherapist, PgCert Rehabilitation