MA Nursing

  • Clinical Placement
  • NHS Funding and bursaries available

The course utilises a wide variety of teaching and learning styles. These include traditional lectures and seminars, reflection and peer learning and electronic methods including wikis and blogs. The course is divided 50-50 between theory and practice.

Assessment

Assessment takes a number of forms including:

  • Essays
  • Exam
  • Presentations
  • Reports
  • Dissertation

Staff Profile

Patric Devitt - Course leader

Research Interests

Numeracy and literacy in Nursing. Evaluation of services especially at health and social care nexus.

Publications

  • Helping nurses learn mathematics, The Higher Education Academy conference 'Numeracy in Disciplinary Contexts' (University of Birmingham)
  • Talking calculations Nurse Education Today/Nurse Education in Practice Bi-annual international conference (Sydney, Australia)
  • Devitt P (2007) Nursing at the cross roads Nurse Education in Practice 7(5) 273-274 (invited editorial)