Students will be rquired to undertake specialist clinical placements, as a staff nurse, either in the Department of Medicine for Older Persons, St. James's Hospital, or in other approved clinical locations. In response to the needs of Registered Nurses employed outside of Dublin, it is possible for those nurses undertaking the MSc in Gerontological Nursing to complete their specialist clinical practice within their own HSE region (as an outreach course) while continuing to complete the academic portion of the course at University of Dublin Trinity College and St. James's Hospital. This system is also in place for those nurses employed in hospitals in the Dublin area, with one or more Care of Older Persons' facilities.

The programme takes place over two years on a part-time basis.

A blended learning approach is utilised in the delivery of theoretical content, including lectures, group discussion, WebCT and self directed learning. The assessment process used is a combination of written and practical assignments.

Year one of the part-time taught masters course starts with a full week on 16 September 2013 and continues with classes on the following Thursdays until 12 December 2013. There is a break then before it recommences on 16 January 2014 and continues on Thursdays until the end of March or early April. Teaching and learning includes some web-based learning.

Attendance in Year 2 of the M.Sc. course involves attending eleven workshops scheduled between end of September 2013 and end of February 2014.

24 D'Olier Street, Dublin 2 and St. James's Hospital, Dublin.

September 2013

The candidate must satisfy all of the following criteria:

• be registered as a nurse on the live register with Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland and
• be working in an area where gerontological nursing care is delivered in Ireland for the duration of the course;
• have a minimum of one years full-time clinical nursing practice or equivalent recent clinical nursing practice since first registration and
• hold an honours degree in nursing studies or equivalent
  or otherwise satisfy the course committee that they have the ability to complete and benefit from the course.

Note, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland is the regulatory body for the nursing and midwifery professions in Ireland. Registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland is mandatory in order to practice as a Registered Nurse or Registered Midwife in Ireland. One of the entry requirements of this course is that the nurse applicants must be currently registration on the appropriate division of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland live register. Please visit the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland website for information on registering as a nurse or midwife in Ireland.

• 2 Academic references
• Copies of academic transcripts from completed educational courses
• Copies of official awards (parchment) from completed educational courses
• A letter of support from your Director of Nursing

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Always check these pages for current information on the application process and new information on late applications.

On successful completion of all the requirements of the first year, students may progress to the second year of the programme during which they complete a dissertation; or may opt to exit and be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma.

The School of Nursing and Midwifery are pleased to offer flexibility in pathways for progression from P.Grad. Dip. level to M.Sc. level within its M.Sc. programmes.  The following is a summary of the pathways for such re-entry:

• On successful completion of all  modules of Year One (60 ECTS credits), students may proceed immediately to year two in the next academic year to complete the M.Sc. programme.
• On successful completion of all  modules of Year One (60 ECTS credits), students may exit the programme without any award (deferring the award), but may apply to return to complete the M.Sc. programme within four years.

Further pathways options available for alumni who already hold a PGrad Dip, in respect of a programme which they successfully completed in the School of Nursing and Midwifery TCD within the past four years

All applicants whose first language is not English and who have not been educated through the medium of English must present one of the following qualifications in the English language:
IELTS: Grade 6.5
TOEFL: 230-computer based, 570 paper based
Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English: Grade C
Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English: Grade C
Further information is available from Graduate Studies Office TCD

See modular course structure for a description of each module of this course.

2013 fees have not yet been announced.

2012 Year One annual tuition fees for new entrants were EU: €5,750 and non-EU: €13,000
2012 Year Two annual tuition fees for new entrants were non-EU: €4,750 and non-EU: €9,500

Ms Eleonora Cento, Executive Officer, Tel +353 1 8963753

Ms Anna Ayton, Course Co-ordinator, Tel +353 1 8962266