Master of Health Practice (Child Health) - AUT University
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The MHPrac is for health professionals with at least three years’ clinical experience. It is ideal for those health and sport practitioners who wish to extend their practical knowledge and take their career to a higher level. Students select papers and areas of practice that reflect their needs and interests and make a coherent course of study in one of the following subject areas:
Available in:
- Acupuncture
- Advanced Nursing Practice
- Psychotherapy Practice
- Child Health
- Health Professional Education
- Leadership and Management
- Māori Health
- Mental Health
- Midwifery
- Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
- Occupational Practice
- Rehabilitation
- Sport and Exercise
AUT’s Child Health programmes provide health professionals with child and family focused education that is applied and practice orientated. The programmes, from postgraduate certificate to masters, encourage health practitioners to critically analyse and develop practice from an integrated and inter-professional perspective. Our Child Health programmes draw on the university’s teaching and research expertise in the health, education, sport and social policy disciplines.
CHILD HEALTH PROGRAMMES
Students, provided they meet the entry requirements, can enter postgraduate programmes at the postgraduate certificate, postgraduate diploma or masters levels advised below.
Postgraduate Certificate in Health Science in Child Health (AK3484) 60 points
Students complete paper:
589764 Children in Context (20)
SELECT TWO:
588517 Science for Advanced Nursing Practice* (20)
588624 Clinical Assessment for Advanced Nursing Practice* (20)
589765 Management of Children with Acute Illness (20)
589766 Chronic Illness and Disability in Childhood (20)
589767 Primary Health Care (20)
* For nurses only.
Postgraduate Diploma in Health Science in Child Health (AK3487) 120 points
Postgraduate Certificate in Health Science in Child Health papers (60)
SELECT ONE:
588518 Critical Inquiry for Evidence Based Practice (20)
588631 Quantitative Research Methods (20)
588639 Qualitative Research Methods (20)
SELECT ONE:
588623 Professional Practice (20)
588644 Practice Reality (20)
And one approved optional paper (20)
Master of Health Practice in Child Health (AK3733) 180 points
Postgraduate Diploma in Health Science in Child Health papers (120)
AND EITHER:
589600 Practice Project (60)
Or optional clinical papers (60)
Master of Health Science (AK3485) 240 points
Postgraduate Diploma in Health Science in Child Health papers (120)
AND:
589690 Thesis (120)
Within this subject area other relevant optional papers may be undertaken with the approval of the Associate Dean Postgraduate. Optional papers may be selected from other relevant subject areas.
Related Study Areas
Emergency Management
Health Care Ethics
Health Professional Education
Leadership and Management
Māori Health
Mental Health
Public Health
