MSc Advanced Leadership for Professional Practice (Allied Health Profession)

Fees for entry in 2027 have not yet been set. For reference, the fees for the academic year beginning September 2026 were as follows:

• MSc (full-time)
  UK students (per annum): £12,100
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £29,400

The fees quoted above are fully inclusive of tuition, administration and computational costs.

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International student CAS deposit

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This unit aims to introduce the health, social care, and other professionals to the range of existing and emerging technologies used in health and care, along with increasing their understanding of the benefits, limitations, and risks of these digital tools across health and social care.

Health or clinical informatics.

Digital health and technology enabled care.

Legal, ethical, and social impact of current and emerging technologies.

Information governance, privacy and security.

Mentoring, educating, and supporting digital self-management and self-care.

Innovation, entrepreneurship, and change management.

A range of digital teaching methods will be used including virtual lectures and seminars, together with a range of online learning activities.

1. Recognise and critically discuss the importance of health data, its collection and management via information technology, and how digital data is applied in decision making for service improvement and high quality patient care.
2. Critically assess and articulate insights into current standards, policies, and processes associated with technology and its implementation in health and care.
3. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the range of digital tools used in healthcare and knowledge of the ethical, legal, and social aspects of their use in patient care.

1. Identify the principles of data and information governance, including privacy and security requirements for digital health tools.
2. Apply critical understanding and original thought to illustrate how policies and procedures govern the deployment, use and management of digital technologies in healthcare.
3. Critically reflect on own role and other professionals in supporting and leading new technological innovations in health and care.

1. Recognise and act professionally when using digital technologies with patients, carers, and other professionals in organisational settings.
2. Capability to evaluate the evidence on the benefits, risks, and limitations of technology in health and care.

1. Ability to teach, mentor and coach others and improve ones own professional ability to use a wide range of digital health technologies.
2. Recognise and understand the benefits, limitations, and risks imposed by digital technologies in health and care.
3. Ability to use a range of digital health tools to plan, deliver, and evaluate patient care, and support patient education and self-management.
4. Systematically evaluate evidence and use it effectively to inform the design, implementation, and use of technology in health and care.

20-minute online presentation