What will I learn?

The **Master of Chiropractic MChiro (Hons)** at Health Sciences University is a four year, full time course designed to prepare you for a rewarding career as a chiropractor. You will develop the scientific knowledge, hands on clinical skills, professional confidence and evidence informed judgement needed to support people to move, function and live well.Based within the **AECC School of Chiropractic**, you will learn in a specialist health sciences environment with a long-established reputation for chiropractic education, practical training and clinical preparation. From the beginning of the course, you will take part in practical classes, simulation, clinical skills teaching and guided learning that help you build confidence step by step.Successful completion of the full MChiro award meets the educational requirements to apply for registration with the **General Chiropractic Council**, subject to meeting the Council’s health, character and fitness to practise requirements.\\**What you will learn**\The MChiro is designed as a progressive, integrated course that prepares you for safe, evidence informed and person-centred practice. You will bring together anatomy, diagnosis, therapeutic care, communication and clinical reasoning in ways that reflect real clinical practice.Across the four years, you will move from foundational learning to extended supervised clinical practice, building confidence and professional capability. Learning is hands on and practice focused, with over 1,000 hours of placement-related experience.You will also explore key areas of contemporary healthcare, including prevention, rehabilitation, complex pain and care for diverse populations, with final year options to develop your areas of interest.\\**Practice-based learning**\Practice-based learning is central to the MChiro and designed to help you grow in confidence, capability and professional identity. You will build your skills gradually through simulation, observation, supported participation and extended supervised clinical placement.In the early stages of the course, placement learning introduces you to professional healthcare environments, patient interaction, communication and safe practice. You will take part in simulated learning, practical classes and observational experiences that help you understand how chiropractors work with patients, colleagues and wider healthcare services. As you progress, you will begin to connect classroom learning with real and simulated clinical situations, developing your confidence in communication, assessment, clinical reasoning, professional behaviour and reflective practice. In Year 3, you will undertake supervised practice-based learning that helps you apply your knowledge to whole patient care, develop professional judgement and prepare for the extended clinical placement experience in the final year.In Year 4, you will undertake an extended supervised clinical placement, which may include experience within HSU’s on-site clinical services and other approved practice settings. You will take increasing responsibility for patient care under supervision, developing your ability to manage clinical complexity, communicate with patients, justify decisions, reflect on feedback and work within professional and governance expectations.This approach is designed to help you graduate with the confidence, experience and professional readiness needed for contemporary chiropractic practice.**Guidance for Applicants with a Disability or Health Condition**We are keen to support students who wish to share a disability or health condition and encourage you to discuss this with us if you have not done so already.At this time, our building has certain areas that may pose challenges for students with mobility needs.If you have specific accessibility requirements you would like to discuss, please contact