Progress in your career with our Advance Clinical Practitioner course. Designed to equip and enhance the healthcare practitioner with knowledge and skills in the expanding field of advanced practice, especially within secondary care.
This programme has been developed in conjunction with the competency framework for Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) training developed by The Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
Why study this subject?
This programme will provide you with the core skills and knowledge required in advanced practice, as well as exploring both the professional and practice elements essential to work at an advanced level. Furthermore, it aims to map to the skills and knowledge framework to assist career development.
Why study at Buckinghamshire New University?
The curriculum, designed by our own Senior Lecturers, is in conjunction with the competency framework for Advanced Clinical Practitioner training developed by The Royal College of Emergency Medicine. This has informed the curriculum content and structure of the programme. The course team has a variety of research interests and expertise, including advanced practice, nurse prescribing, emergency care and research design.
What facilities can I use?
We've invested in state-of-the-art, simulated clinical skills areas at our Uxbridge campus. You'll be able to regularly spend time in these areas, to practise your technical skills, and use the newest technologies, in a safe and supportive environment.
How will I be taught and assessed?
Central to the Advanced Clinical Practitioner educational process is the five year credentialing portfolio, of which a prerequisite is a master's level Advanced Practice award (Royal College of Emergency Medicine, 2015); this programme aims to fulfil this requirement. The evidence-based credentialing portfolio is not part of the programme and should be completed in partnership with your employing organisation.
For module information please visit our website: bucks.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/msc-advanced-clinical-practitioner
**Year 1 **
Core
Physical Assessment of the Adult
Clinical reasoning Skills for Advanced practice
Year 2 Modules
Core
Non-Medical Prescribing - Nursing/Midwives/Allied Health Professionals OR Non-Medical Prescribing - Pharmacists (optional)
Minor Injury Management (optional)
Minor Illness Management (optional)
Leadership, Management and Professional Issues (optional)
Emergency and Unscheduled Care (optional)
Year 3 Modules
Core
Generating Knowledge for Practice
Dissertation
Throughout the course you will be assessed in a variety of ways. Assessments are designed to be informative, positive and a learning experience and reflect real-world practice as much as possible.
Some of the ways you will be assessed include:
OSCEs
Exams
Work-based assessments
Essays/reports/literature reviews
VIVAs
Presentation
Portfolio
Formative and summative work-based assessments
Work based projects
For further details of our international English entry requirements, please visit our international pages: https://bucks.ac.uk/applying-to-bucks/international
You must be a registered Healthcare Practitioner, i.e. Nurse, Paramedic or Allied Health Practitioner i.e. Physio or Pharmacist, and have a minimum of three years post-qualifying experience and a band 6.
All students applying to the programme will have normally achieved a first degree, or at least 60 credits at Level 6 from a United Kingdom (UK) based University, an affiliated college or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. In addition you must be currently employed in a relevant clinical practice area and have organisational support to undertake this programme.
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 6 | We require an IELTS score of 6.0 (with no element lower that 5.5) or a recognised equivalent. |
BNU English Language Requirements https://www.bnu.ac.uk/study/general-entry-requirements
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
For fees information, please visit our website: bucks.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/msc-advanced-clinical-practitioner
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