Pain Management MSc 24 months Postgraduate Programme By UCL |TopUniversities
Programme Duration

24 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

18,250 GBPTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

Health/HealthcareMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Health/Healthcare

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

This specialist programme is aimed at clinical professionals from all backgrounds involved in the delivery of integrated pain services in primary or secondary care. Combining cutting-edge research with an international reputation for clinical excellence, the UCL Pain Management MSc is ideal for anyone wanting to improve the lives of people living with pain while also accelerating their own career.

You will learn: 

  • To question your own understanding and beliefs around pain
  • Research methods and ethical principles underpinning pain research
  • Health economics and social impact of pain
  •  How to design pain services that meet the needs of people living with pain
  • Pathophysiology of pain
  • Pharmacology of pain and therapeutics
  • Managing pain in cancer patients including post-chemotherapy pain
  • Management of headache and abdominopelvic/urogenital pain
  • Managing pain in children and adolescents
  • Strategies for the self-management of pain
  • Neuromodulation for chronic pain
  • Pain management with mental health, substance misuse and multiple morbidity
  • Community pain management strategies

MSc students complete a 180 credit programme: eight core modules (120 credits), and a research dissertation (60 credits).

MSc students complete a 180 credit programme: eight core modules (120 credits), and a research dissertation (60 credits)Eight core modules are taken in sequence over 2 years.

The research project is commenced at the start of the 2nd year.

A Postgraduate Diploma (120 credits, eight core modules) is offered.

A Postgraduate Certificate (60 credits, four core modules) is offered.

Upon successful completion of 180 credits, you will be awarded a MSc in Pain Management. Upon successful completion of 120 credits, you will be awarded a PG Dip in Pain Management. Upon successful completion of 60 credits, you will be awarded a PG Cert in Pain Management.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Health/Healthcare

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

This specialist programme is aimed at clinical professionals from all backgrounds involved in the delivery of integrated pain services in primary or secondary care. Combining cutting-edge research with an international reputation for clinical excellence, the UCL Pain Management MSc is ideal for anyone wanting to improve the lives of people living with pain while also accelerating their own career.

You will learn: 

  • To question your own understanding and beliefs around pain
  • Research methods and ethical principles underpinning pain research
  • Health economics and social impact of pain
  •  How to design pain services that meet the needs of people living with pain
  • Pathophysiology of pain
  • Pharmacology of pain and therapeutics
  • Managing pain in cancer patients including post-chemotherapy pain
  • Management of headache and abdominopelvic/urogenital pain
  • Managing pain in children and adolescents
  • Strategies for the self-management of pain
  • Neuromodulation for chronic pain
  • Pain management with mental health, substance misuse and multiple morbidity
  • Community pain management strategies

MSc students complete a 180 credit programme: eight core modules (120 credits), and a research dissertation (60 credits).

MSc students complete a 180 credit programme: eight core modules (120 credits), and a research dissertation (60 credits)Eight core modules are taken in sequence over 2 years.

The research project is commenced at the start of the 2nd year.

A Postgraduate Diploma (120 credits, eight core modules) is offered.

A Postgraduate Certificate (60 credits, four core modules) is offered.

Upon successful completion of 180 credits, you will be awarded a MSc in Pain Management. Upon successful completion of 120 credits, you will be awarded a PG Dip in Pain Management. Upon successful completion of 60 credits, you will be awarded a PG Cert in Pain Management.

Admission Requirements

2.7+
7+
69+
100+
185+
A minimum of a second-class UK Bachelor's degree or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. Applicants should also be registered/licensed healthcare professionals with a demonstrable interest in pain management.

2 Years
Sep

Domestic
9,200 GBP
International
18,250 GBP

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