Advanced Clinical Practice MSc
University of Worcester
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MSc - Master of Science

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St John's Campus

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Part Time

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SEP-26

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3 Years

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MSc - Master of Science

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St John's Campus

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SEP-26

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The MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) supports registered healthcare practitioners in their continued professional development to Masters Level, focusing on their role, sector and specialist area in line with the NHSE (2017) Multi-professional Advanced Clinical Practice framework. At the beginning of the course, students will identify their own learning needs in collaboration with their Clinical Supervisor, Manager and Personal Academic Tutor to create an individualised route through the ...Read more

The MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) supports registered healthcare practitioners in their continued professional development to Masters Level, focusing on their role, sector and specialist area in line with the NHSE (2017) Multi-professional Advanced Clinical Practice framework. At the beginning of the course, students will identify their own learning needs in collaboration with their Clinical Supervisor, Manager and Personal Academic Tutor to create an individualised route through the programme that builds on their existing knowledge, skills and experience, whilst enabling achievement of competence and capability at the level of an Advanced Clinical Practitioner.Students can choose to develop more specialist competencies (e.g. College of Emergency Medicine ACP competencies) through the Negotiated Learning Module or can apply to transfer existing Level 7 credits from modules congruent with their clinical specialism, through the Recognition of Prior Learning route in place of the Negotiated Learning module. Students completing this course will be able to lead and support advanced clinical practice, facilitating change in patient and service outcomes.Key featuresOptions to develop individualised learning plans in collaboration with your employer to ensure you develop clinical competence in your own speciality, sector and setting.A learning environment in which you develop a sustainable ability to shape future health and social care provision and delivery through responsiveness, improvability and changeability.We offer opportunities for you to develop and demonstrate competence and capability at an advanced level through supervision and support in the workplace and assessment of your competence and capability.We provide a flexible, multi-professional, route to postgraduate achievement centred around you.We encourage intellectual challenge through the promotion of critical analysis, evaluation and problem solving and functioning at an advanced level of practice.We provide the possibility to design and conduct, with support, a substantive, independent, service improvement project, in response to organisational need, with the potential to innovate new practices and influence change.We promote opportunities for career advancement as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner.

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62/279
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10th
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93rd

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Entry requirements

Applicants must hold professional registration with NMC/HCPC/GPhC Applications are welcomed from nurses, midwives, pharmacists, paramedics, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, podiatrists and other allied health professionals who: A lower second-class Honours degree (2:2) in a Health-related subject or an overseas equivalent OR Qualifications and experience considered to be equivalent to the above. All students applying via this route will be assessed and where necessary interviewed by the Course team Where applicants do not hold a first degree, applications will be considered on an individual basis. However you will be required to submit evidence of relevant experience and continued professional development.

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£6,133 per year

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The standard tuition fees for part-time UK and EU students enrolling on MA/MSc/MBA/MRes/PG Cert/PG Dip degrees in the academic year 2026/27 are £811 per 15-credit module, £1,081 per 20-credit module, £1,622 per 30-credit module, £2,162 per 40-credit module, £2,433 per 45-credit module and £3,243 per 60 credit module.

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University of Worcester
University of Worcester , Worcester

Located in a historic cathedral city in the West Midlands and only 45 minutes from Birmingham, the University of Worcester is home...

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University of Worcester
Henwick Grove Worcester Worcestershire WR2 6AJ United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Worcester Shrub Hill  0.9 miles away

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