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University of Southern Queensland (USQ)

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Master of Nursing (Clinical Education)

  • Masters (Coursework)

Develop as a specialist clinical nurse educator for students, peers and other health professionals. You'll build knowledge and skills to successfully lead and facilitate professional development and mentoring within a clinical education nursing setting.

Key details

Degree Type
Masters (Coursework)
Study Mode
Online
Intake Months
Feb, Jul
Domestic Fees
$8,296 per year

About this course

Overview
  • Develop as a specialist clinical nurse educator for students, peers and other health professionals. You'll build knowledge and skills to successfully lead and facilitate professional development and mentoring within a clinical education nursing setting.
  • Extend your cognitive and practice skills to critique, evaluate and identify best practice methods of educating others to improve the health outcomes of communities and individuals.
  • Build expertise in creating innovative learning strategies relevant to clinical education nursing in a health care setting. Explore online facilitation in relation to pedagogical frameworks in both an online and blended learning environment.
  • Study online and part-time, progressing your career while fitting study into your life and current occupation as a nurse.

Entry requirements

Entry requirements
  • Completed a 3-year bachelor degree in the area of nursing from an Australian university, or equivalent.
  • Hold a current Professional Registration as a Division 1 nurse, or equivalent, with either Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or relevant regulatory body in applicant's home country.
English language requirements

You are required to satisfy the applicable English language requirements and this degree requires a minimum of IELTS 7.0 or equivalent. If you do not meet the English language requirements you may apply to study a University-approved English language program.

Recognition of prior learning or work experience

You may be eligible for recognition of prior learning if you have previously studied or have relevant work experience. This will help to reduce the number of courses that you need to study to finish your program.

Pathways

If you don't meet the entry requirements, we have pathway options available to you.

Study locations

External

Distance

Online

Career pathways

Career outcomes
  • This master's degree equips you with the specialist skills to become a clinical nurse educator within the fields of nursing and healthcare.
  • Clinical Nurse Educators supervise and manage the assessing, planning and execution of clinical education programs in a range of health care settings within both the private and public sector.

Course structure

Degree structure

To complete this degree students must complete 12 units. Most courses (similar to 'subjects') are valued at 1 unit. To study full-time you would usually complete 4 units per semester.

Courses to be studied Units 4 x core courses 4 4 x specialisation courses 4 4 x specialisation or approved courses 4 Total 12

Refer to the UniSQ Handbook for courses to be studied and recommended enrolment patterns.

How to apply

How to apply

Complete your online application directly to UniSQ.

The closing dates for applying directly to UniSQ are:

  • Semester 1, 2023 - applications close on 20 February and the Semester 1 study period commences on Monday 20 February, 2023.
  • Semester 2, 2023 - applications close on 10 July and the Semester 2 study period commences on Monday 10 July, 2023.

Select to start your degree in one of the following intakes:

  • Semester 1, 2024 - applications close on 19 February 2024 and the Semester 1 study period starts on Monday 19 February 2024.
  • Semester 2, 2024 - applications close on 8 July 2024 and the Semester 2 study period starts on Monday 8 July 2024.

More information on applying key dates is available.

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