Advanced Clinical Practice Radiotherapy and Oncology (Taught)

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Course summary

• Develop expert practice skills within a defined scope of practice.

• Enhance your critical skills, including problem solving and critical decision making.

• Progress from expert to advanced level practice.

• Enhance critical appraisal skills around the knowledge base of your scope of practice.

• Become an autonomous practitioner, improving your research, leadership skills and ability to implement service developments.

This MSc can be used as evidence of your development within a scope of practice and is completed in partnership with your employer. You'll develop as a Radiotherapy and/ or Oncology Advanced Practitioner enhancing your clinical, leadership, research and education skills, linking with the Multi professional framework for Advanced Clinical Practice.

How you learn
All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

The modules on this course are designed to encourage you to critically reflect on your role and further enhance your knowledge, skills and behaviours as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner.

You’ll gain knowledge and skills around expert practice, leadership, ethical and legal elements of the field. You will also develop your research skills to improve patient care. Elective modules allow you to personalise your study to your career needs.

Your distance learning will be supported by your module leader. You will undertake regular e-activities and peer feedback.

You learn through:

• independent guided study

• student–directed learning

• completion of formative tasks

• use of our virtual learning environment (Blackboard)

Applied learning
Work placements
This course is designed to fit your career needs, and will take place both by distance learning and work based study.