All Subjects Information Session
Are you considering your study options for 2025 or in the future? Our All Subjects Information Session provides the perfect opportunity to find out how you can get started!
This programme will assist practitioners in gaining advanced knowledge and skills to effectively manage the demands of rapidly changing, and increasingly complex health and social care practice environments.
Delivered by a combination of block courses and online delivery, a candidate may take up to four years to complete this programme.
Note: The Master of Professional Practice does not lead to a professional registration.
There are three pathways for completing the master's:
Note: no value in the pre/co-requisite columns means there are no pre/co-requisites for that module.
Group A: Core modules
Module code | Module title | Level | Credits | Pre-requisites | Co-requisites |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
HSIP807 | Professional Practice in Context | 8 | 30 |
Group B: Pathway one - Research in Practice
Module code | Module title | Level | Credits | Pre-requisites | Co-requisites |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
HSIP903 | Dissertation | 9 | 90 | HSIP807 |
Group C: Pathway two - Practice Development
Module code | Module title | Level | Credits | Pre-requisites | Co-requisites |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
or | Evidence and Inquiry in Practice, or Research for Practice | 8
8 | 30
30 | ||
HSIP902 | Evidence-based Practice Project | 9 | 30 | HSHS805 or | HSIP904 |
HSIP904 | Advanced Practice Development | 9 | 30 | HSHS805 or | HSIP902 |
Group D: Pathway three - Industry-based Project
Module code | Module title | Level | Credits | Pre-requisites | Co-requisites |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
HSIP806 | Designing Practice | 8 | 30 | HSIP807 | |
HSIP901 | Industry-based Project | 9 | 60 | HSIP807 and |
Group E: Elective modules
Module code | Module title | Level | Credits | Pre-requisites | Co-requisites |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
HSHS807 | Care of the Older Person | 8 | 30 | ||
HSHS811 | Transformative Praxis in Postcolonial Aotearoa New Zealand | 8 | 30 | ||
HSHS815 | Midwifery Praxis 1 | 8 | 30 | ||
HSHS816 | Midwifery Praxis 2 | 8 | 30 | HSHS815 | |
HSIP801 | Leadership and Management in Professional Practice 1 | 8 | 30 | ||
HSIP802 | Leadership and Management in Professional Practice 2 | 8 | 30 | HSIP801 | |
HSIP803 | Facilitating Learning in Professional Practice | 8 | 30 | ||
HSIP804 | Coaching, Mentoring and Clinical Supervision | 8 | 30 | ||
HSIP805 | Evidence and Inquiry in Practice | 8 | 30 | ||
HSIP808 | Research for Practice | 8 | 30 | ||
HSIP810 | Professional Supervision 1 | 8 | 30 | ||
HSIP811 | Professional Supervision 2 | 8 | 30 | HSIP810 | |
HSIP813 | Palliative Care | 8 | 30 | ||
HSIP815 | Supervised Critical Enquiry | 8 | 30 | Two modules at level 8 | |
HSIP816 | Mental Health and Addiction Practice | 8 | 30 | ||
An approved level 8 module from another Wintec postgraduate programme |
The focus of learning in the programme will include working reflexively with clients and communities within differing interprofessional collaborations and relationships. It will enable students to engage in transformative learning strategies that build on the strengths, knowledge, skills and relationships acquired as experienced practitioners. This practice-based learning approach will enhance students' ability to engage in future professional and work-related challenges.
The Centre for Health and Social Practice has a flourishing research culture. Excellence in research is achieved through adopting a holistic philosophy and pursuing an interprofessional and multi-method approach.
The Master of Professional Practice will offer health and social practice practitioners a pathway into an advanced level qualification that is focused on practice scholarship for changing workforce needs. It provides practice and research pathways for those students graduating with an undergraduate degree in a health and/or social practice discipline. The Master of Professional Practice will provide learning opportunities at an advanced practice level, focusing on practice scholarship for health and social practice practitioners working in specialist or advanced practice. It will enable practitioners working in a range of roles within health and social practice contexts such as managers, clinical educators or professional supervisors to undertake a higher level qualification focused on their area of practice.
Gaining a Master in Professional Practice is a step towards a PhD for Natalie Lewis, who has held various senior roles over the past 21 years since joining the second intake of the Tihei Mauri Ora Māori Nursing at Wintec, she is currently clinical nurse specialist Hauora ihub at Waikato DHB.
For those wanting to set out on a study pathway, she says “go for it, we need more Māori academics to lead the way for our people, to be role models and to believe in ourselves".
“I left school at age 14, had my daughter when I
was 17, and couldn’t read, write or do maths that well. I asked for help when training to be a nurse, learnt how to do maths and read medical terminology, and attended the learning skills centre to learn how to write assignments. I worked my
butt off to pass my diploma in nursing; I failed and resat six months later. With determination and whānau support you can do anything. If I didn’t complete my Masters, I would regret not furthering my studies.” Read more.
Candidates are required to have:
i) A bachelor degree in a health or social practice discipline, with a minimum grade average of B overall; or
ii) A qualification approved as equivalent by the Postgraduate Team Manager; and
iii) A minimum
of two years of graduate professional experience in a health and/or social practice area of practice, demonstrated in a professional portfolio; and
iv) Where appropriate, current registration with the relevant New Zealand professional body.
Special admission
Candidates who have not gained a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline but who meet all other requirements will be required to submit a portfolio to the CHASP Postgraduate Programme Committee and, if the application is successful, may be admitted
on an equivalent basis.
Selection criteria
a) Candidates must complete their application for selection at least two months prior to the commencement of the programme. Applications received after this point will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
b) Candidates may be required
to attend an individual interview.
English language requirements
Candidates who have English as a second language are required to have an International English Language Test System (IELTS) Academic band score of 7.0, with no individual band score less than 7.0; or
equivalent.
To check what you need to gain direct entry to a course, review the entry criteria available on each programme page. These assist you in understanding what qualifications or experience are typically required to gain entry. You can contact our team at info@wintec.ac.nz or 0800 2 Wintec at any time for further guidance.
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