Healthcare Simulation and Patient Safety MSc

Course Overview

This Online-Course is ineligible for student study visa or ILEP, but international students may undertake this programme remotely.

Both the Diploma and Masters' courses in Healthcare Simulation and Patient Safety are on-line/distance learning courses designed to accommodate the busy healthcare provider or simulation centre team member. Healthcare simulation is the modern way to educate healthcare providers to achieve high performance and to improve patient safety. It encompasses manikin based training for teamworking, task trainers for procedural skills, simulated persons for communication skills and virtual /augmented reality.

By completing the Diploma, you will learn how to use simulation in your own practice to deliver better safer healthcare. You will also learn how to use healthcare simulation for quality improvement, systems and process testing and for facilities planning. By completing the Masters programme you will go on to understand how to use simulation for research and how it can support research.

If you are a healthcare provider, involved in healthcare education and research or have an interest in patient safety, then this course will be important for you. A qualification in Healthcare Simulation and Patient Safety will help you to achieve your career goals in healthcare and simulation.

What makes this course unique ...

• Fully distance learning designed to allow for flexible learing
• Broad course content suitable for all healthcare professions, simulation staff and anyone interested in patient safety
• The final thesis is prepared as a paper for publication and is supported by an experienced group of mentors with a track record in research in the simulation and patient safety space.

Scholarships available
Find out about our Postgraduate Scholarships here.

• An honours bachelor degree at NFQ Level 8 in a relevant healthcare discipline (e.g., medicine, nursing, speech and language therapy, pharmacy), although applicants with evidence of at least three years’ equivalent professional/academic experience will be considered (e.g., emergency medicine technicians, simulation technicians).
• A demonstrated proficiency in English.
• Previous experience, or an academic qualification, in the education and teaching of healthcare professionals.
• A demonstrated interest in simulation.

The main goal of the course is to develop expertise in design and implementation of healthcare simulation. This will allow you to become a leader in education and open up opportunities in senior academic posts within healthcare. For those with an interest in patient safety, you will gain expertise in human factors and how healthcare processes can be improved. If running a simulation centre, you will develop skills in stakeholder engagement and demonstrating a return on investment allowing you to progress to senior management positions within organisations.