MSc in Clinical Neuropsychology

This programme combines the academic excellence of the School of Experimental Psychology with the clinical experience, knowledge and skill of a large and wellestablished Clinical Neuropsychology Department within Frenchay Hospital (North Bristol Trust), a Regional Neurosciences Hospital which has an international reputation for excellence in neuroscience.

The programme has a strong focus on patient care, diagnosis, and management of a range of neurological conditions, and is delivered by academics and experienced clinicians. Clinicians based in the Clinical Neuropsychology Department offer neuropsychology services to a broad range of patient groups: both paediatric and adult; acute inpatient and outpatient; patients seen primarily for diagnostic assessment and patients seen for rehabilitation.

Services are offered to patients being referred from Neurosurgery, Neurology, Neuropsychiatry, and Rehabilitation Medicine as well as from physicians within the Stroke Services. Clinical services are also offered to specialist programmes of interventional neurosurgery, principally for epilepsy and movement disorders but also more recently for mood disorders. As well as working within the acute hospital trust, the Department provides input to specialist inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services for people with acquired brain injury.

The programme runs on a part-time basis and lectures can also be accessed online, making study more flexible for you.

Units

• Applied Neuropsychology (10 credits)
• Functional Neuroanatomy and Neuroscience Methods (10 credits)
• Theoretical Neuropsychology (10 credits)
• Clinical Neuropsychology in Practice (15 credits)
• Health, Illness and Disability (20 credits)
• Development and Rehabilitation (20 credits)
• Assessment in Clinical Neuropsychology (20 credits)
• Evidence Based Neuropsychology (15 credits)

You may also be interested in our Diploma in Applied Neuropsychology or our MSc in Neuropsychology. The Applied Neuropsychology course has the same content as the professional Diploma but does not lead to BPS recognition for the knowledge and skills dimension of the Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology (QiCN).