Advanced Paediatrics MSc at Kings College London

The Advanced Paediatrics MSc course is a multidisciplinary master’s degree designed for doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other allied health professionals. This advanced study course concentrates on expanding your research and evidence-based evaluation skills in clinical practice and leadership, as well as enhancing your career opportunities in research and academia. 

Key benefits

• The content of the Advanced Paediatrics MSc course reflects the expertise of King’s Health Partners staff, who together provide clinical services to one quarter of the population in London, one of the world’s most economically and socially diverse cities.
• You will be working with established leaders with advanced knowledge of the management process of modern-day NHS Trusts.
• Close collaboration with the Paediatric Academic staff at King’s College Hospital, Evelina London Children’s Hospital and St George’s Hospital provides a demanding and diverse study course.
• Learn about leadership from some of the country’s most inspirational clinical specialists.
• Key specialist areas of study include Paediatric Critical Care, Neonatology, Respiratory and Allergy, Cardiology, Hepatology/Renal and Gastroenterology, and Child Mental Health. 

Description

The Advanced Paediatrics MSc course will provide you with a detailed understanding of research methods and statistics applied to the provision of child health, as well as the knowledge and understanding to conduct reliable methodological research projects. You will be working with an established faculty with advanced knowledge of the management processes in NHS Trusts.

The course offers you the flexibility to study either full or part-time.  You will explore a range of required modules such as Paediatric Research: Methods, Statistical Application & Governance, Service Delivery & Management, Leadership & Professional Development as well as Ethics & Child Health and a dissertation. You are required to take modules totalling 180 credits to complete the course, where 60 credits will come from a research project and dissertation of around 15,000 words.

If you are studying full-time, you will complete the course in one year, from September to September. If you are studying part-time, your course will take two years to complete, you will take the required modules in the first year, and the dissertation in your second year.

Career prospects

Many of our graduates have gone onto further research in funded PhD programmes. All of our students who have applied for National Grid training in a speciality have been successful and the feedback has been outstanding.