Study Details: PGDip 2 years part-time
This course will enable you to develop competency in advanced clinical practice while working in your existing healthcare setting.
Through the integration of research and theory with practice, you’ll build your knowledge and skills so you can safely assess, diagnose and treat or refer patients presenting with undifferentiated problems. This will include the prescription or administration of medication according to the rules governing your particular profession.
You’ll gain professional skills including risk management, resilience and leadership in order to progress your journey towards advanced practice.
On graduation, you’ll be a critically reflective practitioner, able to make informed judgements based on sound analysis, often within unpredictable circumstances. You will be ready to take your place in a range of healthcare settings.
This course has been designed to enable you to achieve the capabilities in the NHS (2017) Advanced Clinical Practice Multi-professional framework.
You should hold an undergraduate degree (exception may be given if you have evidence of recent successfully completed modules at level six).
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This postgraduate diploma level course is similar in content to the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice. However, on the PGDip course you will not undertake Year 3, which includes the service improvement project (dissertation).
The demand for qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs) is growing, and on completion of this course you will be able to apply for and work as an ACP.
Modules
Year 1
You will study the evidence underpinning advanced clinical practice, the biological basis of illness and how pathology relates to signs and symptoms in the individual. You will learn how to assess these signs and symptoms through history taking, and physical and mental health assessment, and how to formulate this information into clinical diagnoses and a plan of care.
Core modules
You will take core modules, which may include:
Evidence Based Practice
Clinical Assessment
Diagnostics
Year 2
You will explore professional issues faced by Advanced Clinical Practitioners and look at how to manage risk and gain resilience. You will also examine the broad context of health, including public health, and how the Advanced Clinical Practitioner can influence outcomes in the healthcare context. You can also qualify as a non-medical prescriber (if you are not already one).
Core modules
You will take core modules, which may include:
Developing Advanced Clinical Practice
Option modules
You will take a selection of option modules, examples of which may include:
Option A (if you are eligible for non-medical prescribing)
Independent and Supplementary Prescribing
Developing Professional Practice
Option B (if you are not eligible for non-medical prescribing)
Medicines Management
Developing Professional Practice
Our modules may change to reflect the latest academic thinking and expertise of our staff, and in line with Department/School academic planning.
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