Expand+The Continuing Professional Development modules in Nursing and Midwifery are open to registered health care professionals in Nursing, Midwifery, Medicine, and Clinical Therapies or other allied disciplines.

Applicants who are under 23 years of age...

Hide-The Continuing Professional Development modules in Nursing and Midwifery are open to registered health care professionals in Nursing, Midwifery, Medicine, and Clinical Therapies or other allied disciplines.

Applicants who are under 23 years of age must satisfy the minimum entry requirements as for the Degrees in Nursing or Midwifery, as set out here

Admission to the module(s) will be subject to internal university approval processes on the recommendation of the Head of School.

Applicants must satisfy the following:

Normally hold a Honours primary degree (minimum of a Second Class Honours Grade I):
in a relevant subject (e.g. nursing, medicine, pharmacy, clinical therapies, philosophy, law, theology, social sciences)
OR
in any discipline and either possess a postgraduate qualification in a relevant field or show evidence of at least two years' work experience in a relevant field.

Applicants must be practising professionals (Nursing, Medicine, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Education or other allied disciplines) with registration with the relevant professional regulatory body. Applicants for MH6014 must have achieved a pass result in a postgraduate research methods module equivalent to NU6005 (10 credits).

Applicants for Nursing and Midwifery CPD modules whose main language is not English and who do not hold an up-to-date IELTS certificate showing the requisite Academic Board approved CM&H scores must demonstrate evidence of appropriate work experience within an English language environment for at least the previous 2 years.

These modules will not necessarily run unless minimum recruitment targets of 10 students are achieved. Students will be encouraged to take one or two modules per annum to a maximum of 15 credits.

If you are applying with Qualifications obtained outside Ireland and you wish to verify if you meet the minimum academic and English language requirements for this programme please view the grades comparison table by country and for details of recognised English language tests.

Expand+Module Objective: To develop advanced knowledge of research information literacy resources, research designs and methods. To develop proficiency in relation to research appraisal and synthesis.

On successful completion of this module, students sho...

Hide-Module Objective: To develop advanced knowledge of research information literacy resources, research designs and methods. To develop proficiency in relation to research appraisal and synthesis.

On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:

Identify appropriate research problems and consequential opportunities for research

Develop a deep understanding of a variety of research designs

Appraise and interpret research based evidence

Explain data analytical processes and procedures

Devise a Research Protocol/Ethical Application

Promote understanding of relevant institutional guidelines to obtain research ethics approval.