Masters Degrees in Occupational Health

Occupational health services, provided at the workplace, address the health care needs of working populations and this has been identified as an important component of the current public health strategy.

This programme is for registered nurses or midwives who want to gain registration on Part 3 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register as a specialist community public health nurse (occupational health).

This programme is suitable for physicians, nurses, environmental health officers, human resource professionals, trade union representatives, health and safety inspectors, managers, civil servants, scientists and others who have responsibility for the health and safety of employees.

This is a CPD programme for registered nurses. This award winning programme gained the Innovations in Occupational Health Award in 2011.

The Master 's Degree Programme in Public Health (MPH) is offered by the Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, in collaboration with the Department of Nursing Science.

Globally government are prioritising strategies and policies for improving population, community and individual health.

UCC’s MSc Occupational Health is a part-time programme delivered wholly online offering students a flexible mode of learning. The programme integrates occupational health and safety into a multidisciplinary perspective.

The aim of the MSc Occupational Safety, Health and Wellbeing Masters is to enable practitioners to develop holistic approaches to enhancing organisational safety and health through improved worker engagement and wellbeing.

Over the past 20 years this programme has been completed by over 300 doctors, nurses, scientists, economists and physiotherapists.

These Masters-level programmes in Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Management have been created to address the important need for up-skilling employees in advanced, specialist topics in health, safety and environmental management.

On this one-year course, you’ll explore the scientific, health and psychosocial factors influencing health and safety in the 21st century.

This course equips workplace professionals with the skills and knowledge in quality-level occupational health and safety services in order to identify, prevent and manage occupational and environmental health risks and related health problems.

This MSc programme consists of four elements; lecture courses, continuous assessment, practical work, and a minor research thesis.

This programme recognises the increasing demand from both industry and enforcement bodies to integrate occupational health, safety and environmental management issues.

These Masters-level programmes in Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Management have been created to address the important need for up-skilling employees in advanced, specialist topics in health, safety and environmental management.