Health and Social Care
As new career pathways in healthcare open up, professionals from a wide variety of medical, nursing, midwifery, health visiting and allied health backgrounds are increasingly taking on higher-level, demanding roles and offering leadership to others. The Open University’s Faculty of Health & Social Care offers a range of advanced health and social care courses at postgraduate level to help you rise to the challenge.
Our suite of awards in Advancing Healthcare Practice will introduce you to change as a recurring theme. The staged awards – a Certificate, Diploma and MSc – are each health and social care qualifications in their own right. You can step off at any point, or study the whole programme. Each award will increasingly improve your practice; develop your study and research skills; advance your knowledge, understanding, personal, professional and inter-professional insights; and help you become a successful agent for change. You’ll also be better placed to seize career opportunities associated with leadership and practice development roles in healthcare. Along with our health and social care courses, you may also be interested in the MSc and Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Physics (hosted by the Science faculty) which focus in particular on medical imaging and the physics of radiotherapy.
Browse this website and discover the wide variety of postgraduate courses in health and social care, designed to help you work towards the qualification of your choice.
Where to start in Health and Social Care
Our courses in Advancing Healthcare Practice are open to registered healthcare professionals with a minimum of one year’s post-qualifying experience, who have current access to practice environments and have successfully completed a first degree in a relevant subject. The starting point for this programme is Change, policy and practice (K826). If you would like to check your eligibility, contact us by email or call on +44 (0) 845 300 60 90.
Taught Masters
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Advancing Healthcare Practice
Equips healthcare practitioners with the skills and professional insights you need to function as a successful change agent, skills analyst and practice innovator in the advancement of healthcare. -
Public Administration
If you’re involved in delivering policy, leading modernisation projects or supporting innovation, the MPA will help you enhance your capacities in relation to the particular challenges you face.
Diplomas
Certificates
Courses in Health and Social Care
See the list of all our individual courses in Health and Social Care.
Postgraduate research degrees
For information about postgraduate research degrees, visit the Research Degree pages.
Undergraduate options
See the list of undergraduate courses and qualifications in Health and Social Care.
Spotlight on Health and Social Care
MSc advancing Healthcare Practice - 'joined up thinking'
With the MSc in Advancing Healthcare Practice, the courses you study add up to bigger things! After studying K821 Innovating in Practice, K822 Leading Healthcare and K823 Developing Skills for Practice, one student developed a strategy for conflict management in her organisation. She said 'This is really joined up thinking – it’s brilliant!
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