Advanced Clinical Practice

Course detail Description

This course is suitable for nurses and allied healthcare professionals currently employed in clinical practice, in any healthcare discipline. Applicants are expected to be working in an advanced clinical practice role before commencing this postgraduate course.

The course is relevant for qualified healthcare practitioners in the community or acute care setting including emergency care, critical care, chronic disease management and other specialist areas.

Please note that there are a limited number of spaces available on each optional module. You will have the opportunity to discuss your choices with your personal tutor.

This programme is intended for experienced healthcare clinical practitioners who are seeking to advance their practice, enhance their knowledge of research and evidence-based healthcare, and develop their roles.

For further information about our postgraduate opportunities, please visit our Faculty Postgraduate Study handbook here.

A typical academic year for students of this course might have approximately 150 hours (25% of total hours) in a combination of lectures, seminars, tutorials, project supervision and workshops, and approximately 450 hours (75% of total hours) of independent study such as preparing for scheduled sessions, follow-up work, wider reading, and completion of assessment task or revision. This will vary according to the optional modules chosen. Students are expected to undertake on average 14.5 hours of self-study per week.

Contact time is based on 24 academic weeks, whereas self-study time is based on 31 academic weeks.

Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.

Students are assessed through a combination of coursework and examinations with emphasis on clinical competency assessment in advanced clinical practice. This can include written assignments such as essays, portfolios and dissertations. In addition, some modules will require students to undertake a presentation as part of the module assessment. A small number of modules are assessed by an exam such as OSCEs (objective structured clinical examination) or a computer based assessment.

All students will also have to complete a clinical competency assessment document based on the NHS England 2017 ACP Multi-Professional Framework. The study time and assessment methods detailed above are typical and give you a good indication of what to expect. However, they may change if the course modules change.

We will consider RPL for previous modules relating to advanced practice. Please click here for more information.

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Structure

Year 1

Courses are divided into modules, and students on this course take modules totalling MSc: 180 credits, PG Dip: 120 credits and PG Cert: 60 credits.

• Advanced Assessment Skills for Non-Medical Practitioners (30 credits)

MSc students are also required to take:

• Quality Improvement Dissertation (60 credits)

Please note that the dissertation can only be undertaken when students have completed 120 credits and achieved an average of 50% or above in their modules.

In addition, students take 90 credits from a range of optional modules that may typically include:

• Prescribing (60 credits)
• Advanced Practice Clinical Portfolio (15 credits)
• Developing Professional Leadership (15 credits)
• Applied Pathophysiology in Advanced Practice (30 credits)

Students will be permitted to take additional credits up to the maximum allowed by regulations. The inclusion of a particular optional module in a named pathway is subject to the approval of the pathway leader. These modules can be taken from another faculty at King’s College London. These modules can be taken in any order.

These modules can be taken in any order. King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study.

Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.

For more information about these modules please visit our Search for a course pages here.