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Overview
Course Length: | 2-4.5 Years Part-Time |
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Start Dates: | September 2022, February 2023, September 2023, February 2024 |
Subjects: | Health and Social Care |
Location: | Edge Hill University |
This programme is designed to enable health and social care professionals to extend their knowledge to an advanced level within their specialist field of practice. It is suitable both for individuals who wish to become advanced practitioners, or for those individuals who wish to promote the advance of practice within their field of work.
The course consists of a wide range of highly flexible taught and work-based learning modules that will enable busy practitioners to access patient-care enhancing education and become a leader who can demonstrate a high level of autonomy in their specialist area of practice.
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In Depth
What will I study?
The programme will support you in becoming a competent and capable advanced clinical practitioner. You will be equipped with the skills, knowledge and understanding to deliver, sustain and enhance safe, professional, ethical and excellent quality of care across health and care services in your specific area or scope of practice.
Successful completion of the course will:
- Equip you with a critical understanding of the role that an advanced clinical practitioner plays in the delivery of safe, effective, high quality patient care as a member of the wider multidisciplinary team;
- Support you in the development of the capabilities to practice with autonomy, accountability and critical insight in decision making in complex and uncertain environments within your defined scope of advanced clinical practice;
- Help you to develop as an advanced clinical practitioner who is a resilient, effective team leader able to challenge and act as a change agent supported by a critical understanding of evidence-based practice while managing risk and upholding patient safety;
- Enable you to critically assess your own learning and training needs required to work safely and effectively as an advanced clinical practitioner while advocating for the development of others;
- Equip you with the skills required to critically engage in research activity/quality improvement projects and apply the outcomes to enhance the quality and safety of person-centred care.
How will I study?
Diverse teaching and learning strategies will be used, ranging from individual personal teacher contact to supported online learning, small group work to teacher-led lectures.
While the majority of classes will take place at Edge Hill University, some modules may involve studying at sites other than Ormskirk in which case you will be responsible for travel and parking costs.
How will I be assessed?
Assessment methods vary according to the demands of the module but can be through assignments, Objective Structured Clinical Examinations, portfolios, seminar presentations and work-based learning projects.
Who will be teaching me?
The programme team comprises of expert staff with many years experience in clinical practice in areas such as emergency care, paramedic practice, respiratory care, mental health, primary care and medical practice.
You will also be taught by associate tutors from primary and secondary care, neurology, biological sciences and areas of senior healthcare management.
Facilities
The Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine offers some of the best facilities for the education and training of health and social care professionals in the country.
The outstanding teaching and learning resources include leading edge clinical skills facilities, an 860-seat lecture theatre, and a variety of teaching rooms and social learning spaces.
Timetables
You can expect to receive your timetable at enrolment. Please note that while we make every effort to ensure that timetables are as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place on any day or evening of the week.
Disclaimer
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information, however our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may necessitate alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses.
Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies, revisions to subject benchmarks statements, to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.
Modules
Expand AllCompulsory modules:
HEA4265Context of Advanced Practice (20 credits)
HEA4118Developing Clinical Skills and Capabilities in Advanced Practice (Adult) (40 credits)
HEA4119Developing Research Capabilities for Advanced Clinical Practice (20 credits)
HEA4259E-Portfolio for Advanced Clinical Practice (0 credits)
HEA4264Research Inquiry for Advanced Practice (40 credits)
You will study 60 credits chosen from the following optional modules:
HEA4262Advanced Respiratory Care Practice (Adult) (20 credits)
CPD7004Educational Leadership in Health Settings (20 credits)
HEA4266Identification and Management of Frailty and Complex Care (20 credits)
HEA4037Leadership Self-Awareness and Self-Empowerment (20 credits)
HEA4038Leading People Through Change (20 credits)
CPD7011Mentoring and Coaching in Clinical Education (20 credits)
HEA4034Negotiated Learning Shell (20 credits)
HEA4033Negotiated Learning Shell 7.10 (10 credits)
CPD4904Non-Medical Prescribing (40 credits)
HEA4220Promoting Professionalism and Ethics in Multidisciplinary Practice (20 credits)
HEA4208Strategic Clinical Leadership (20 credits)
CPD4454Teaching and Learning in the Clinical Context (20 credits)
HEA4252Transforming End of Life Communication and Spiritual Care (20 credits)
HEA4219Transforming End of Life Trajectories (20 credits)
HEA4197Transforming Integrated Palliative and End of Life Care (20 credits)
Optional modules provide an element of choice within the programme curriculum. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by timetabling requirements.
For more information about each module, including the dates and times of module sessions, please visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/cpdmodules.
Entry Criteria
Entry Requirements
To join this programme, you must be a practitioner who is a member of a UK-recognised Professional Statutory Regulatory Body (PSRB).
You should typically have a degree equivalent to UK first-class or second-class honours (2:2 or above) in a relevant healthcare-related subject. Applicants with a third-class honours degree or a Diploma in a relevant healthcare-related subject, who have adequate clinical experience may also be considered.
You will need to demonstrate your ability to study at Masters level, evidenced within your application by your prior studies and/or experiential learning.
Your employer must also confirm that you are suitable for the role of advanced clinical practitioner in their organisation, with access to the appropriate workplace environment to gain relevant clinical experience throughout the programme, including appropriate clinical supervision by a designated Coordinating Education Supervisor and Associate Workplace Supervisors to meet Health Education England (HEE) requirements.
Working with your employer/workplace organisation, you should have a suitable job role identified for when you are qualified, compliant with the requirements of Health Education England Centre for Advancing Practice, that will direct your programme of study.
Applications must be supported by a reference from your current employer.
An interview forms part of the selection process to confirm that you meet the criteria and to consider your potential pathway through the programme.
Career Prospects
What are my career prospects?
This programme will enhance your ability to gain employment in more senior roles as an advanced clinical practitioner, within your chosen field of healthcare.
Successful completion of this MSc enables you to meet Health Education North West’s requirements to practice at an advanced level across the health professions spectrum, including roles such as paramedics, operating department practitioners, nurses, dietitians, occupational therapists and physiotherapists.
Finance
Tuition Fees
With the exception of the modules specified below, tuition fees for studying on this MSc are £39 per credit for UK students enrolling on the programme in academic year 2022/23. This is equivalent to £780 per 20 credit module.
Alternative tuition fees apply for UK students enrolling on the following optional modules in academic year 2022/23.
- CPD4904 Non-Medical Prescribing – £1,600;
- HEA4197 Transforming Integrated Palliative and End of Life Care – £880;
- HEA4219 Transforming End of Life Trajectories – £880;
- HEA4252 Transforming End of Life Communication and Spiritual Care – £880.
180 credits are required to complete a Masters degree.
EU/EEA and Swiss students who have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, as well as Irish nationals, may be eligible for the UK tuition fee rate.
Financial Support
For comprehensive information about the financial support available to eligible UK students joining postgraduate courses at Edge Hill University in academic year 2022/23, together with details of how to apply for potential funding, please view our Money Matters 2022/23 guide at www.edgehill.ac.uk/postgradfinance2022.
EU/EEA and Swiss students who have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme may be eligible to apply for financial support. Irish nationals should ordinarily apply to Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI). Please see www.edgehill.ac.uk/eufinance for further details.
Apply
How to Apply
There is an online application process for this programme.
Places are limited. Applications will close when maximum numbers are reached.
Visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/applydirect to access the relevant online application form and to find out more about the application process.
Should you accept an offer of a place to study with us and formally enrol as a student, you will be subject to the provisions of the regulations, rules, codes, conditions and policies which apply to our students. These are available at www.edgehill.ac.uk/studentterms.
Get in Touch
If you have any questions about this programme, please contact:
- Medical School
- Tel: 01695 654302
- Email: [email protected]
If you would like to talk to the programme leader about the course in more detail, please contact:
- Christopher Rice
- Email: [email protected]
Course Changes
Expand All This tab outlines any material changes to course content, programme structure, assessment methods, entry criteria, and modes of study or delivery, implemented in the past two years. Future material changes will be added here as amends are made to course information.8th December 2021 - New Module Added
28th July 2021 - Change to Entry Requirements
28th July 2021 - Change of Modules
11th March 2021 - Change of Tuition Fees
Covid-19 - Advanced Clinical Practice Essential Information
Advanced Clinical Practice Course Statement
Delivery will be a mix of live interactive teaching by lecturers in an online environment and attendance on campus or at a University site. For the theory component of the programme, there will be campus attendance and online learning comprising of synchronous (seminar, tutorial) and asynchronous (lecture, discussion board) learning activities and academic support. For practical activities, simulation will be used, either on campus or via virtual learning environments. Attendance on campus or at a University site will be compliant with current Public Health England guidelines. If government advice allows, there will an offer of attendance on campus for relevant module activities which may include theoretical learning, academic support or access to campus/site-based learning resources.Teaching and Learning at Edge Hill University in 2020
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Campus Facilities at Edge Hill University in 2020
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