Stirling, United Kingdom
DEGREE TYPE
PhD
DURATION
96 months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
GBP 38,000 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* international (including EU) students | students from the UK: £19,000
Key Summary
Introduction
Overview
Our Clinical Doctorate is the only one of its kind in Scotland, tailored to the needs of nurses, midwives and allied health professionals – UK wide and internationally. The course is practice-focused and has been designed to prepare you for leadership roles in the healthcare sector.
If you’re passionate about improving patient care, whilst retaining a clinical focus, this course is designed for you. You’ll join professionals from a range of disciplines for on-campus and online study, benefitting not only from the extensive knowledge of the Clinical Doctorate team, but also from each other’s experiences. As a qualified Doctor of Nursing, Midwifery or Professional Health Studies you’ll have the highest level of academic qualification available within your specialism – placing you at the forefront of your profession as a recognised, highly employable clinical academic expert.
Healthcare professionals on the course could include: nurses, midwives, dieticians, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, paramedics, speech and language therapists, podiatrists, sport psychologists and genetic counsellors.
Curriculum
Modules
Doctor of Professional Health Studies Doctor of Professional Health Studies
Starting September, full time (Stirling Campus)
The Doctor of Professional Health Studies may be awarded with the following titles:
- Doctor of Professional Health Studies (Physiotherapy)
- Doctor of Professional Health Studies (Occupational Therapy)
- Doctor of Professional Health Studies (Speech and Language Therapy)
- Doctor of Professional Health Studies (Dietetics)
- Doctor of Professional Health Studies (Genetic Counselling)
- Doctor of Professional Health Studies (Podiatry)
- Doctor of Professional Health Studies (Radiography)
- Doctor of Professional Health Studies (Paramedicine)
- Doctor of Professional Health Studies (Clinical Science)
Course details
Aim for the top of your profession with our unique Clinical Doctorate course. The course consists of three taught modules, an expert practice module and an empirical thesis. Taught components are clustered into two three-day sessions over the first three semesters, with each taught module studied over one semester.
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Program Outcome
Professional Doctorates are recognised internationally as a qualification granted to those who have reached the peak of professional and academic achievement in their field of expertise.
Increasingly within the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK and health services in other countries a Professional Doctorate in health is seen as an essential academic qualification for progressing to higher level posts.
Graduates have reported the benefits of studying a Clinical Doctorate as being:
- gaining the confidence to see themselves as an expert in their field
- the personal fulfilment of achieving the highest academic qualification
- enhanced critical and analytical thinking
- confidence within specialist areas
- the opening of new and advanced career opportunities