Advanced Professional Practice (Critical Care)

Brunel University of London
Postgraduate PgCert Full-time 1 Year MedicinePhysiotherapy, physiology, and pathology

About this course

Are you a nurse or allied health professional that cares for critically ill patients? Perhaps you work in a high dependency or critical care area and wish to learn more about the management of your patients? Or maybe you care for patients in step-down units (SDUs)?

If so, this advanced practice pathway in critical care, is designed to provide you with the solid academic foundation you’ll need to progress as an advanced clinician.

On this course, you’ll develop advanced assessment and clinical reasoning skills for the acute management and rehabilitation of critically ill patients from intensive care units through to their discharge. You’ll learn a comprehensive knowledge of critical care, which will enable you to work at an advanced level of practice.

By studying the latest practices, policy and research, you’ll be able to apply the theory you’ll learn in practice to help your patients and improve their quality of care and health outcomes.

The full master's course can be studied in 1 year from September.

Study Options

This course is available in 3 study options:

Full-time Shown above

Duration: 1 Year

Qualification: PgCert

Location: Uxbridge

Full-time Shown above

Duration: 1 Year

Qualification: MSc

Location: Uxbridge

Full-time Shown above

Duration: 1 Year

Qualification: PgDip

Location: Uxbridge

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

2119 Natural and social science professionals
2111 Chemical scientists
2223 Speech and language therapists
2113 Biochemists and biomedical scientists
2211 Generalist medical practitioners
3111 Laboratory technicians

Course Details

Qualification
Postgraduate Certificate - PgCert
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
1 Year
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
Uxbridge
Scheme
Postgraduate
Subjects
Medicine, Physiotherapy, physiology, and pathology