Advanced and Specialist Healthcare (Applied Dental Professional Practice) MSc is a flexible, part-time, work-related programme designed specifically for registered dental care professionals including dentists, therapists, hygienists and nurses who wish to develop their academic skills alongside their professional role.

This part-time, flexible, multi-professional Master's-level qualification is suitable for all dental care professionals and offers opportunities for Accreditation of Prior Experiential and /or Certificated Learning or Credit Transfer. 

Who is the programme for?

• Dental care professionals including dentists, therapist, hygienists and nurses, who wish to develop their academic skills alongside their professional role. 
• It has been specifically designed to meet the needs of qualified, registered dental professionals allowing them to study part-time while working and managing other personal responsibilities.

  The programme offers:

• An innovative, flexible, work-related approach to studies.
• Accreditation of Prior Experiential and/or Certificated Learning or Credit Transfer may be available.
• The opportunity to develop the academic, leadership and professional skills necessary to meet the evolving patient-care needs of contemporary practice.
• A multi-disciplinary learning environment. 
• A module structure, providing the opportunity to gain credit for individual modules.
• Access to University resources and specialist academic and professional services. 

Requests for APECL (Accreditation of Prior Experiential and/or Certificated Learning) or Credit Transfer

You are encouraged to convert prior learning achievements into University of Kent academic credit via Accreditation of Prior Experiential and/or Certificated Learning. To be eligible for accreditation, prior learning must be at the appropriate and relevant to the programme's learning outcomes. For further information,visit: https://www.kent.ac.uk/professional-practice/programmes/apecl

Study structure

Taught by expert academics and clinicians, you broaden your expertise, deepen your knowledge and hone your research skills while gaining a recognised qualification to help progress your career. The programme is delivered through a variety of teaching methods, including taught sessions and work-based learning, self-study, case-study analysis, individual and group tutorials, projects and presentations. Online learning recourses are available on our virtual learning environment.

Teaching is structured around a series of extended taught weekends (on average four weekends a year at our Medway campus), Friday - Sunday, 9.00-17.00.

Alternative exit awards 

The programme has the following alternative exit awards, subject to credit numbers:

• Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced and Specialist Healthcare (Applied Dental Professional Practice), 60 credits. 
• Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced and Specialist Healthcare (Applied Dental Professional Practice), 60 credits - 120 credits in total.

The Centre for Professional Practice (CPP)

Studying within the Centre for Professional Practice, you will benefit from a work-related, multi-professional learning environment, access to University resources and specialist academic and clinical staff.The Centre’s programmes are designed to enhance career progression and foster intellectual and professional development and practice.

The Centre is founded on the belief that employers can benefit from the University of Kent’s academic and research excellence, quality teaching, design and development activities to create positive change and to forge new knowledge within their organisation.

We work with a wide range of external partners and employers to create distinct and original work-based and work-related developmental and educational solutions, which respond to the unique workforce challenges experienced by employees and organisations across the region and beyond.