The University of Sheffield
Prospective Postgraduates

MSc Advanced Emergency Care


Olubukola Oguntuase

Key facts

  • School of Health and Related Research, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health
  • 1 year full-time/2-5 years part-time

Fees and funding

Financial information for postgraduate taught courses

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: overall IELTS grade of 7.0 with a minimum of 6.5 in each component, or equivalent.

Entry requirements for international students

Any questions?

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

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

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About the course

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.

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

Your career

Our courses help you develop the skills and knowledge you need to understand and improve health services. We offer postgraduate programmes for health and social care professionals, managers and those wanting a career in health services research.

Our graduates take up positions in public health, the private sector, health services management, and health and social care. They also go on to further public health 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