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Page last updated 12 September 2024
Introduction
Study the only postgraduate masters degree in transfusion and transplantation in England, created in collaboration with NHSBT. Training at UWE and NHSBT's facility in Filton, the largest blood centre in Europe, you will learn from leading experts in practice.
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Why study MSc Applied Transfusion and Transplantation Science?
Transfusion and transplantation services save lives. They provide vital blood, stem cell and organ donations for patients with serious illnesses, alongside specialist testing for hospital patients. Due to a national shortage in these services, transfusion and transplant specialists are in high demand. This MSc in Applied Transfusion and Transplantation Science aims to tackle this shortage.
Why UWE Bristol?
We are the only university in England to offer this master's degree in conjunction with NHS Blood and Transplant. The course addresses a knowledge and skills gap, fulfilling an urgent need to offer postgraduate study with experiential learning in support of developing laboratory advanced specialists. This master's is endorsed by the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT), a society of global transfusion medicine professionals, committed to enhancing transfusion practice. One of only two higher education courses in the world to receive this endorsement, the ISBT have praised our course on its well-structured design.
The content is not limited to scientific staff in post, but would suit recent graduates seeking advanced knowledge in transfusion and transplantation, and those progressing in research and development.
Advance your career
If you are a current health care employee in the NHS or outside the UK, this course may help support the development of your career in a scientific, research or management role. The course is also suitable for biomedical and other healthcare and life science graduates.
You will be able to choose from a range of study options including applying for stand-alone modules as CPD short courses. Flexible delivery of the course can adapt from full-time to part-time with short, blended teaching blocks, complementing a busy work schedule. We hope to welcome you to our inclusive degree, accessible from your workplace and adaptable to your needs.
Structure
Content
You will study:
- Applied Transfusion Science - including the study of haematopoiesis and haemostasis, the biology of blood transfusion, the 'vein to vein' process of blood transfusion therapy, management of transfusion therapy, and transfusion transmitted infections.
- Applied Transplantation Science - including the study of the biology of transplantation, stem cell and tissue banking, donor considerations for transplantation, advanced cell therapies and personalised medicine.
- Research Project - enabling students to study an extended project at NHSBT or within their own workplace, within an area of transfusion or transplantation. Students will gain an in-depth understanding of the research process, developing skills in planning and performing investigations, reaching valid conclusions, and critically evaluating their findings alongside existing published work.
- Enterprise and Innovation - covering the innovation pathway within the healthcare technology sector, from conceiving and testing an idea, through to exploiting it to achieve real world impact.
- Management of Clinical Services - enabling development of skills to manage and transform a clinical service, including managing people, quality management systems, clinical governance, data protection, regulatory frameworks, audit, budget management, and keeping the patient at the centre of the service.
- Research Methodology and Statistics - enabling you to gain advanced knowledge of research methodology, including health and safety, ethics and project management. You'll also learn how to use statistics, write for publication and develop reflective skills.
The University continually enhances our offer by responding to feedback from our students and other stakeholders, ensuring the curriculum is kept up to date and our graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need for the real world. This may result in changes to the course. If changes to your course are approved we will inform you.
Learning and Teaching
Course delivery uses a flexible blended approach, through a mixture of face-to-face and online teaching, delivered in short teaching blocks. This delivery ensures the course is inclusive, whatever your location or preferred means of study.
This unique teaching curriculum applies scientific theory to clinical practice in the laboratory to develop your learning through various applied methods, including diagnostics and clinical case studies.
Teaching will be delivered in partnership with NHSBT, where practising experts in the field will deliver specialist modules. These specialist modules will include clinical laboratory management, transfusion science and transplantation science. You will also complete modules in research training, enterprise and innovation, alongside an extended research project. If you are interested in further professional development, you will be able to choose stand-alone modules as CPD short courses.
See our full glossary of learning and teaching terms.
Assessment
You will be assessed through various formative and summative methods, delivered through UWE Bristol's partnership with NHSBT.
Due to the practice-based nature of the course, teaching will also be delivered and assessed through laboratory practicals. We will also test your learning and communication skills through oral presentation, reflective portfolios and written exams. The extended project will lead to submission of a project dissertation and viva.
See our full glossary of assessment terms.