Postgraduate - Glasgow Caledonian University

School of Nursing, Midwifery and Community Health 113
Contact: Professor Debbie Tolson
E: d.tolson@gcal.ac.uk
T: +44(0)141 331 3463
W: www.caledonian.ac.uk/nmch
The school, which is one of the largest providers
of nursing and midwifery education in Scotland,
provides students with an exciting and dynamic
environment in which to further their professional
and academic careers. The learning environment
is enriched through its interdisciplinary and
internationally facing research and practice
development agenda.
The university is the lead partner in the
HealthQWest Research Consortium which is building
Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional
research capacity and capability in the West of Scotland
and beyond. The university also co-hosts the Chief
Scientist Office funded Nursing, Midwifery & Allied
Health Professionals Research Unit with the University
of Stirling. The school is a World Health Organisation
Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Midwifery
Education, Research and Practice which provides
opportunities for international collaborations across a
diverse and developing world.
There are three programatic areas of research in the
School:
• Improving health and well-being
• Gerontological practice
• Implementation research.
We embrace a diversity of methods and research designs
to answer questions which have the potential to advance
the evidence base for and in practice.
The research team comprises core staff dedicated to
applied research activity including proposal
development, project management and dissemination.
More transient members of the team join us for defined
periods of time to work in project specific posts or for
developmental opportunities through a range of internal
and external scholarship schemes.
For information on current research projects and
priorities, vacancies and staff contacts, please visit our
website www.caledonian.ac.uk/nmch
Research and Evidence-Based Modules
We deliver a wide range of modules tailored to
the differing needs of students from postgraduate
programmes across the school.
Central to our teaching is the provision of a
supportive, dynamic learning environment to enable
students to develop their understanding of evidencebased
health care. All modules have a skills-based
element which has been designed to reflect the
competencies expected by employee organisations.
Our on-line module options have proved particularly
popular amongst international students and other
distance learners.
To find out more about the modules we offer,
refer to your chosen Master’s programme within the
school divisions.
Post Graduate Research Degrees
Individuals with a first class, upper second class or
Master’s degree may apply to undertake a programme
of research leading to a Master/Doctor of Philosophy
or a Professional Doctorate. Research students are
encouraged to undertake studies that align with the
Centres’ programmes of research. The programmes of
research undertaken by our Research Students form
an important part of the overall research activity within
the school.
Students are encouraged to participate in learning
opportunities (seminars, workshops, lectures,
conferences) provided by the Caledonian Graduate
Centre www.caledonian.ac.uk/graduatecentre
and the Health QWest Graduate School
www.healthqwest.org/graduateschool
An application form and guidelines for undertaking
a research degree can be downloaded from the Graduate
Centre website www.caledonian.ac.uk/
graduatecentre
The application form, together with a two page outline
of the proposed research, should be submitted to
Dr Sandy Renfrew, Glasgow Caledonian University,
Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow G4 0BA, at any point in
the academic year.
Prospective students are interviewed prior to
acceptance.
Programmes
114 MSc Advancing Practice in Primary Care
115 MSc Community Health
116 MSc European Midwifery
117 MSc Healthcare Education
118 MSc Midwifery
119 MSc Nursing
120 MSc Public Health
121 MSc Sexual Health
122 PgD Specialist Community Public Health Nursing