Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 3 years
This course gives you the knowledge and skills required to play an expanded role in providing care for your patients. It’s designed for registered nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, paramedics and related healthcare practitioners within general practice who want to work at an advanced level of clinical practice.
Minimum 2:2 undergraduate honours degree in a health discipline (e.g. nursing, midwifery, pharmacy, physiotherapy, paramedic science).
Graduates from this course can work as advanced clinical practitioners (ACPs), specialising in primary care.
ACPs are experienced and knowledgeable healthcare professionals who have expanded their scope of practice to better meet the needs of the patients in their care. They’re an integral part of the NHS Long-Term plan, and following graduation you’ll have plenty of opportunities to progress your career as a highly-skilled, autonomous healthcare leader.
Past students have gone on to secure senior roles within health settings such as the NHS, The Resuscitation Council and the Department of Health. These roles include:
Other students have gone on to find success in teaching roles in UK universities.
Clinical Episode Management in Primary Care
Advanced Clinical Assessment
Evidence Based Practice (Online)Core modules:
Clinical Leadership
Managing Complexity in Primary Care
Independent & Supplementary Prescribing for Nurses and Midwives
Modules for level 6 prescribers:
Effective advanced practice for independent prescribers Critical review of clinical practice
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