University Of Roehampton, London
Advanced Clinical Practice
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Part timeDuration
36 monthsLooking to develop into an Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) role? This multiprofessional programme will help you develop essential skills such asadvanced health assessment, clinical decision making and patient management, enabling you to work across integrated care systems.
Skills
Make a difference to human lives with a postgraduate degree in Advanced Clinical Practice.
Designed for nurses, midwives, paramedics, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and other allied health professionals, the Roehampton master's in advanced clinical practice (MSc) will help you develop your interest in healthcare by gaining the specialist skills needed to be a leader in your field.
By focusing on important insights into contemporary developments in advance clinical practice, you'll become a confident, agile, independent thinker, with the ability to adapt rapidly to change. You'll graduate with the knowledge and skills to complete various tasks, including:
History taking Advanced health assessments
Clinical decision-making
Patient management
Prescribing
Meet the future needs of healthcare organisations
By incorporating generic and specialist modules, this MSc will help you to pursue a career in Advanced Clinical Practice within intergrated care systems across primary care, secondary care and community settings.
On this programme you will also gain enhanced understanding of
Quality improvement
Research
And audit within healthcare organisations.
This programme will develop you into an appropriately educated multi-professional Advanced Clinical Practitioner, to meet the future needs of healthcare organisations and the populations they serve.
Learning Learn in a stimulating environment.
Created in collaboration with industry-leading professionals, the Roehampton advanced clinical practice includes important insights into contemporary developments, for a wide range of healthcare professionals.
Your learning will incorporate a mixture of face-to-face learning, as well as using the university's virtual learning environment (VLE) (Moodle). This blended approach supports the development of your digital literacy skills which are essential for working in current and future health settings.
You will participate in diverse and authentic assessments in both theory and practice. These include case-study based assessments, oral presentations, poster presentations, self-reflections, peer review and feedback as well as an e-portfolio which evidences your development across the programme.
You'll shape your studies around your own interests and aspirations, with optional modules including:
Managing Frailty Across Integrated Care Systems
Advanced Musculoskeletal Practice
Pharmacology for Advancing Practice
Careers Shape the future of health care.
On completion of the programme,graduates will be qualifiedto apply forAdvanced ClinicalPractitionerRoles (ACP)roles in a range of NHS, private,voluntaryand independent settings, including primary care. ACP roles oftenprovidethe opportunity for graduates to work outside of their traditional professional field/boundaries. It is likely thatdue to the evolution of the healthcare workforce thatfurther roles/career pathways will evolve rapidly in the future and indeed, ACPs areverywell placed to lead this service development.
Specific entry requirements
Related UG degree (2:2 min) with relevant professional qualification.
Current professional registration (NMC/HCPC).
Min 2 years post-registration experience.
Be employed a minimum of 20 hours/week in an appropriate setting and have employer support to undertake the programme.
RPL applications considered for professional applicants without expected Level 6 requirements
