Musculoskeletal Injection Therapy

Key information

Course Leader: Andrea Moulson MScAdvPhysio@herts.ac.uk

Level: 7

Credits: 15

Mode of delivery: Blended. Number of Learner Hours: Scheduled 40; Independent 60; Placement/work based 50

Available places: 24

Dates

• 26/01/2027

Fees and Funding

£1545.00

The price quoted above is an enhanced rate for the 15 credit module in the 2026/27 academic year and applies to students who are assessed as Home fee payers ONLY. Fees will differ for students assessed as Overseas fee payers. Fee assessment decisions follow UKCISA (UK Council for International Student Affairs) guidance, which is based on UK law and government regulations. Further information on who will pay Home or Overseas tuition fees can be found here: https://ask.herts.ac.uk/will-i-pay-home-or-international-tuition-fees

Once confirmed, a student’s fee status will normally remain the same for the duration of their course. However, information regarding fee reassessment is available here: https://ask.herts.ac.uk/will-i-pay-home-or-international-tuition-fees#FeeReassessment  

Eligible students may be able to apply for a Postgraduate Student Loan. Please note that to access this funding, you must enrol on the full MSc programme; funding is not available for individual modules or interim awards (for example, a Postgraduate Diploma). Further information is available at: https://www.gov.uk/masters-loan

Further details, including tuition fee amounts, fee policy and payment deadlines, can be found here: https://www.herts.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/fee-information/fees-and-finance-policy-documents

If you require further information or have any questions regarding fees, please contact: cpdhealth@herts.ac.uk

Entry Requirements

All applicants must:

• Be a qualified Physiotherapist with BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy or equivalent physiotherapy qualification.
• Be able to evidence current HCPC Registration.
• Be able to evidence current appropriate indemnity insurance for practice - Chartered Society of Physiotherapy PLI (Public Liability Insurance). CSP certificates can be located on the CSP Website, once you log-in at:  https://www.csp.org.uk/evidence-professional-liability-insurance
• Provide a signed/dated letter of evidence of appropriate Hepatitis B immunisation from applicants employing Occupational Health Department or General Practitioner (using mandatory UH template provided; note: we do not accept immunisation records).
• Provide a signed/dated letter from a qualified practitioner who has agreed to prescribe the necessary drugs for injection therapy (using mandatory UH template provided).
• Provide a signed/dated letter from a suitably qualified mentor who will supervise and examine injection therapy in the workplace (using mandatory UH template provided).

Note: Supervision during the practical aspects in practice must be provided by one of the following:

1.    A registered medical practitioner in an appropriate secondary care speciality
2.    A registered General Practitioner in an appropriate primary care speciality
3.    A physiotherapist or other registered health care professional from an appropriate speciality who has completed an injection-therapy programme that meets CSP’s expectations and has established and maintained their competence in injection therapy and who actively uses injection therapy in their current practice

• Provide a signed/dated letter from their employer confirming support for attendance on the module and access to relevant clinical cases to achieve the practical experience of injection with support from their mentor (using mandatory UH template provided).

Note: applicants should be practising in a role, or imminently looking to move into a role, in which the use of injection-therapy skills have been identified as an integral component of  practice. Applicants should also be currently practising in a country where injection-therapy is recognised as being within the scope of practice of physiotherapy in that country.

• Provide evidence of contemporaneous adult basic life support training (level 2 accepted only).
• Evidence of at least one year’s post-qualification experience in a musculoskeletal physiotherapy setting.