Rehabilitation PgDip/MSc

This highly successful course offers the opportunity for all UK, EU and international practitioners working in all health and social care settings to acquire the skills of critical enquiry and appreciation of the underlying theory and principles guiding your rehabilitation practice. There will be an emphasis on examining the best methods of integrating relevant theory and research into your individual practice.

What will you study?

You will focus on three main areas:

• rehabilitation policy and practice;
• critical practice in rehabilitation; and
• rehabilitation in context.

You will 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 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;
• develop leadership skills and advanced practice to promote effective inter-professional working and service delivery;
• critically evaluate your effectiveness in relation to the delivery of person centred rehabilitation; and
• 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.

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Social work route

We also offer a route specifically for registered social workers, allowing them to meet the GSCC requirements of the Post-Qualifying Award in Higher Specialist Social Work (PgDip) and the Post-Qualifying Award in Advanced Social Work (MSc). For course details visit Rehabilitation – Social Work Route PgDip/MSc.

There are a number of creative study options including:

• standalone modules in advanced rehabilitation practice (30 credits);
• Rehabilitation Postgraduate Certificate (60 credits);
• Rehabilitation Postgraduate Diploma (120 credits); and
• Rehabilitation MSc (180 credits).

Many of our staff in the Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences are research active, often in partnership with NHS Trusts. This ensures they are in touch with the latest thinking and bring best practice to your studies.
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We have core modules which can also be taken as standalone courses and we encourage students to use examples from their own practice for the assessments.

Other option modules (15 credits) are available through the Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, St George's, University of London and Kingston University depending upon numbers. All our option modules can also be studied as standalone modules. For a detailed description of each module, see our Rehabilitation Module Guide (PDF).

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

Core modules

• Policy and Practice in Rehabilitation (30 credits)

• Policy and Practice in Rehabilitation (30 credits)

  This module helps you to understand how current health and social care policy not only influences the needs of individual clients, but also the planning and delivery of rehabilitation services. You will cover:

  • how to make sense of changes in health and social care, plus the implications for individual practice;
  • models of service delivery and organisation in rehabilitation;
  • inter-professional teams in rehabilitation;
  • how to critically appraise literature supporting current policy;
  • rehabilitation policy specific to certain client groups;
  • clinical governance;
  • how to measure effectiveness (group and individual);
  • voluntary and independent sector;
  • health promotion and self-management;
  • worked case examples of different client groups relating to DOH policy, models of disability and rehabilitation in practice; and
  • the impact of changes in market forces on health and social care.

  You will work in small interactive groups. We encourage you to critically debate and problem solve, using a series of complex case studies relating to:

  • older people;
  • palliative care;
  • neurological rehabilitation; and
  • mental health.
  
   
• Critical Practice in Rehabilitation (30 credits)
• Evaluation of Reflection in Rehabilitation (15 credits)
• Research Methods (15 credits)

Option modules

• Life After Stroke (15 credits)

• Life After Stroke (15 credits)

  Contact f.jones@sgul.kingston.ac.uk for more information.

  
   
• Towards Self Management after Stroke (15 credits)
• Pain Management (15 credits)

• Pain Management (15 credits)

  Contact j.hammond@sgul.kingston.ac.uk for more information.

  
   
• Respiratory Rehabilitation (15 credits)

• Respiratory Rehabilitation (15 credits)

  Contact d.nikoletou@sgul.kingston.ac.uk for more information.
  

  
   
• Living with and Beyond Cancer (15 credits)

• Living with and Beyond Cancer (15 credits)

  Contact p.webb@sgul.kingston.ac.uk for more information.

  
   

Social work option modules

• Adulthood, Development and Transitions (15 credits)
• Participation and Choice: Innovation in Service User and Carer involvement in Service User Delivery and Practice (15 credits)
• Power, Risk and Decision Making in Contemporary Partnership Contexts (15 credits)

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The Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences teaches this course.

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