MSc Advanced Emergency Care

About the course

1 year full-time/2-5 years part-time

This course is aimed at emergency care professionals who want to develop their expertise. You'll learn new skills to help you manage a service and also how to teach others.

You can start this course in September (full-time or part-time) or February (part-time only).

Entry requirements

At least two years' clinical experience of emergency medicine or related field (to the standard equivalent of a Year 3 speciality trainee of UK emergency medicine training).

English language requirements for overseas students

Overall IELTS grade of 7.5 with a minimum of 6.5 in each component, or equivalent.

Entry requirements for international students

Core modules

• Management Theory and Practice (Leadership and Managing Change)
• Evidence-Based Emergency Medicine and Research
• An Introduction to UK Emergency Medicine
• Research Methods for Emergency Medicine

Optional modules

• Disaster and Emergency Management
• Systematically Reviewing the Research Literature
• Introduction to Statistics for Clinical Research
• Observational and Ambulatory Medicine
• Paediatric Emergency Medicine
• Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine
• Event and Expedition Medicine
• Musculoskeletal Emergency Medicine
• Sedation in Emergency Medicine
• Emergency Medicine Informatics
• Medicolegal and Forensic Emergency Medicine
• Systematic Reviews and Critical Appraisal
• Promoting Evidence-Based Health Care

Teaching

• Online distance learning
• Independent study
• Practical sessions

Assessment

• Coursework
• Project work

Fees and funding

Financial information for postgraduate taught courses

Any questions?

If you'd like to know more about any aspect of our courses, contact us:

Teaching Support Unit
E: scharrtu@sheffield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)114 222 5454

Your career

This course will help you develop your expertise in emergency care.

Our graduates go on to positions in health services management and health and social care, and to further clinical training or academic research.

About us

We employ around 300 staff and attract £6 million per year in external support. Our staff are active in their research. This means that what we teach you is based on current findings.

We have experts in health economics, public health sciences, the sociology of health, health psychology, decision analysis, management sciences, epidemiology, medical statistics and information science. Our courses attract students from all over the world.

Facilities

We have purpose-built executive teaching facilities for our students. You'll have 24/7 access to library and computing facilities. We provide specialist information and library services in our information resources section.

Apply now

You can apply for postgraduate study using our Postgraduate Online Application Form. It is a quick and easy process.

Postgraduate Online Application Form