Newsletter Mar-Apr 2024 by Association of Hong Kong Nursing Staff

(Clinical Leadership)

Western Sydney University, one of the largest universities in Australia, is a national leader in nursing and midwifery education, research and scholarship, with one of the largest undergraduate pre-registration nursing degree courses in Australia.

In a successful and rewarding collaboration with Western Sydney University since 1991, the School of Continuing Education, Hong Kong Baptist University has o ered Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes in health care, and now over 4,600 professional participants have graduated.

THE PROGRAMME

The programme is uniquely designed for nursing professionals to develop their leadership capacity in a manner that enables them to implement transformative change while maintaining nursing excellence within the clinical practice environment.

Information Seminar

Date : 24 May 2024 (Friday)

Time : 6:30 - 7:30 pm

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Professor Lucie Ramjan Director of Please visit our Programme

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE (80-CREDIT-POINT PATHWAY)

The Master of Nursing (Clinical Leadership) consists of 7 subjects, totalling 80 credit points. Each subject is normally in the form of 18-hour face-to-face lectures and tutorials, supplemented by a comprehensive set of self-learning materials and resources. The programme structure is summarised below:

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

1. Applicants must:

l be a Registered Nurse (currently registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency –Nursing and Midwifery), or eligible for same, or certiﬁcate of registration of nursing, within the last 5 years, in their own country;

l have 2 years of full-time equivalent work experience as a Registered Nurse or Registered Midwife within the last 5 years*; and

l have completed an undergraduate degree in health-related sciences (AQF Level 7 or equivalent), in health science, human science, midwifery, naturopathy, nursing, nutrition, psychology OR have completed a Graduate Diploma in Nursing (AQF Level 8 or equivalent), or higher, in a health-related discipline.

2. Applicants should possess an appropriate level of English proﬁciency and may have to provide documentary evidence as deemed necessary.

* Applicants with less than 2 years of full-time equivalent work experience will be enrolled into the 120 credit-point pathway.

PROGRAMME FEE

The tuition fee of the programme is HK$14,300 per 10 credit points for the 2024/25 academic year that is to be paid in instalments on a term basis.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

Application deadline for admission is 7 June 2024. The application will be processed immediately upon receipt of the application form.

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COMMENCEMENT

is a matter of discretion for individual employers to recognise any qualiﬁcation to which this course may lead. Exempted Course of Non-local Courses Registry, Education Bureau (Reference Number: 411834, 411835) WSU CRICOS Provider Number: 00917K The School reserves the right to make alterations without prior notice. Subject Credit Points Leadership in Clinical Practice (NURS 7028) 10 Cultural & Social Diversity in Health Care (NURS 7019) 10 Evidence-based Health Care (NURS 7023) 10 Leadership for Quality and Safety in Health Care (PUBH 7018) 10 Building Organisational Capacity in Health Care (HLTH 7002) 10 Policy, Power & Politics in Health Care Provision (PUBH 7020) 10 Capstone Experience in Health Care (NURS 7065) 20 hkbusce.hk/mncl 3411 4305 gpsuws@hkbu.edu.hk P24010007_MNCL AHKNS_insert