Advanced Clinical Practice MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert
Master
In London
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
London
Advanced Clinical Practice is for experienced healthcare practitioners in hospital and community settings. The course builds on your existing skills and experience to enable you to lead and support the development and delivery of advanced clinical practice. Module outcomes are mapped against the Knowledge and Skills Framework and the NHS England Advanced Clinical Practice framework so NHS employees can identify learning to support career progression.
The course information sheet is a printable version of the information on this web page, which you can download here.
Key benefits
You will be studying at the No.2 Nursing Faculty in the UK and 5th in the world (2018 QS World University Rankings).
Central location allows access to world leading clinical and academic resources.
Access to extracurricular seminars and lectures given by leaders in healthcare from around the world.
A multi-faculty environment drawing on clinical and academic expertise from a number of world leading schools and hospitals providing an unparalleled inter-professional learning experience.
Located in the heart of London, across four of King’s Thames-side campuses (Waterloo, Strand, St Thomas’ and Guy’s) and the Denmark Hill Campus in South London.
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Subjects
- Access
- Healthcare
- NHS Training
Course programme
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.
Required Modules There is one core modules:- 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 55% or above in their modules.
Optional ModulesIn addition, students take 90 credits from a range of optional modules that may typically include:
- Prescribing (60 credits)
- Acute Oncology (15 credits)
- Advanced Practice Clinical Portfolio (15 credits)
- Developing Professional Leadership (15 credits)
- Applied Pathophysiology in Advanced Practice (15 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.
Advanced Clinical Practice MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert