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Postgraduate Certificate - PgCert
Online Campus
Part Time
SEP-26
1 Year
This pathway is aimed at clinicians working in the specialty of musculoskeletal practice in various healthcare settings, including primary care. It offers clinicians a range of opportunities to develop theoretical knowledge relevant to your role as (or working towards) a First Contact Practitioner (Musculoskeletal). There are two routes available within this pathway to achieve the award of Postgraduate Certificate - First Contact Practitioner (Musculoskeletal). Both routes align to Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the First Contact Practitioners & Advanced Clinical Practitioners in Primary Care: (Musculoskeletal) A Roadmap to Practice (NHS England, 2021). Taught route - by undertaking two taught modules, Advanced Musculoskeletal Practice aligns to Stage 1 and the second module, Working in Primary Care, aligns to Stage 2. E-portfolio - by completing the supported ePortfolio. There are two modules aligned to both stages of the Roadmap to Practice respectively. Suitability of route will be determined by the completion of a Learning Needs Analysis (LNA) undertaken at the point of application.
Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or General Osteopathic Council (GOC) Usually, 3 years of post-registration experience, ideally in a musculoskeletal setting. Your Learning Needs Analysis (LNA) will inform suitability rather than years of practice To be currently employed as a registered practitioner with the following regulatory bodies: Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or General Osteopathic Council (GOC), and you will either be operating in a First Contact role or planning to enter this field To have your application supported by your employer, agreeing to release you to attend the taught content and practice placement. If you are self-employed, we are not able to offer reimbursement for lost earnings to attend the taught content and practice placement (taught route) To appropriately source and attend the 75-hour practice placement, regardless of your current working arrangement (taught route) To identify a suitable clinical supervisor (see below) for either of the routes of study, at the point of application
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