Professional Master’s in Infection Control & Prevention [MSc]
Professional Master’s in Infection Control & Prevention [MSc]
The Masters in Infection Control & Prevention course is designed for healthcare professionals working anywhere in the world. This flexible MSc is suitable for healthcare professionals either relatively new to infection control and prevention, or senior practitioners wanting to move into a leadership role who require a boost in qualification.
Develop your skills, knowledge and understanding of best practices within infection control and prevention including:
Applied microbiology
Antimicrobial resistance
Antimicrobial stewardship
Decontamination
Risk management
Outbreak investigation and management
This Masters in Infection Control & Prevention is taught by renowned clinical experts that have not only contributed to module development, but who also support student learning . As clinically practicing leaders in their field, students will benefit from the practical expertise and up-to-date current practices and contemporary skills these experts bring to the MSc in Infection Control
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Duration 36 months
Study Mode Distance Learning
Benefits of a Masters in Infection Control and Prevention
Learn to take a holistic view to enhance and develop service provision and clinical practice on a strategic and leadership level. Enhance your practical skills and knowledge including evaluating the critical application of microbiology in infection control. Develop the ability to create, implement and analyse quality and safe patient care policies, on a strategic and operational level.
In addition, understand data generation using observational and experimental studies, and its use in evaluating risk assessment, decision making and solutions to complex issues.
Career Path
Successful graduates can work as an infection control and prevention specialist in a clinical and administrative capacity, or support their career progression to a management role with this qualification.
Graduates work in a variety of local and international settings, with the ability to influence and revise practices to drastically improve the quality of health and safety of a medical institution or community.
Entry Requirements
Healthcare professionals from a range of disciplines will be eligible to undertake the programme, if working in an area related to Infection Control, Infection Prevention, Infectious Diseases, Health Protection or similar.
Standard entry requires a degree or equivalent in a health or social care related field, and work experience. A flexible Recognition for Prior Learning (RPL) is available for students who do not have a degree, evaluated on a case by case basis. Health practitioners who have acquired significant learning from previous educational and life/work experience have the opportunity of having this learning assessed for credit. These credits would go towards your course application
Certification Information
While some professional degree programs from ACADEMY OF GLASGOW FOR CULTURE & SCIENCES are designed to prepare students to meet international professional certification requirements, these programs may not necessarily meet the professional degree requirements in other countries.
Students who plan to enroll in international professional degree programs with the intention of obtaining the professional degree in other countries should be familiar with the professional degree requirements in those countries.
Current students who are planning to undertake field experiences abroad should be familiar with the requirements of other countries.
In line with regulations, the Glasgow Academy of Culture and Science makes a good faith effort to determine whether our professional programs leading to professional certificates may meet the requirements of other state licensing boards, and doing so requires contacting your state licensing boards and having those boards reviewed The curricula of the program, which qualifies you to obtain a professional certificate in the specialization you wish to join.
