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This course is appropriate for graduates from a variety of life science or health backgrounds (including sports science, nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy) and possibilities exist for part-time study. Course content particularly focuses on enabling graduates to provide evidence-based physical activity advice and to manage intervention programmes for patients at risk of, or suffering from, a variety of cardiovascular disorders. You can also gain practical experience working in our on-campus Phase IV Clinic, The Phoenix Club.
MSc Cardiac Rehabilitation
What career opportunities are there? All practising biomedical scientists must be registered with the Health Professions Council (HPC). As a condition of HPC registration all members of the registered workforce have to provide evidence that they participate in a CPD scheme.
Those who obtain a Masters via credit accumulation will have the chance to progress with their careers as such a qualification is a requirement for moving into more senior positions within the NHS.
Cardiac Rehabilitation
MSc Cardiac Rehabilitation is an interdisciplinary course offering an academic qualification in cardiac rehabilitation. This course aims to enable suitably qualified physical activity and health care specialists to administrate, organise, and deliver cardiac rehabilitation programmes primarily at Phases III and IV. The primary objective of the course is to improve the prognosis of cardiac patients by adding to the knowledge of these experts in the delivery of their services to the clients.
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Study mode: full-time and part-time Course length: one to two years Number of credits: 180 Start date: October 2013 Campus: Colchester
Typical entry requirements Lower Second Class Honours degree (or
equivalent) in a relevant subject (such as a life science, sports and exercise science or allied health care science degree), preferably supported by relevant work experience
Where appropriate an English language requirement of TOEFL (570) or IELTS (6.5)
What will I learn? MSc Cardiac Rehabilitation has nine primary aims, which are: enabling students from a range of academic and professional backgrounds to gain an in-depth and critical understanding of current issues in cardiac rehabilitation;
developing your competence in the key laboratory and field skills required for careers in cardiac rehabilitation;
developing a critical awareness of the need for both a multidisciplinary and an interdisciplinary scientific approach to the study and practice of cardiac rehabilitation;
developing an ability to acquire and integrate advanced knowledge from a variety of disciplines and apply it to a critical understanding of issues in cardiac rehabilitation;
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