Transition to Advanced Clinical Practice
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| NURS4181 | Nursing | 4 | 20 | Spring UK |
- Code
- NURS4181
- School
- Nursing
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Spring UK
Summary
This course considers:
- Analysis of the concept and scope of advanced practice, and its interface with accountability, clinical governance, autonomy, specialist practice and expert practice;
- Integration of communication and assessment skills, decision making, management and speciality specific knowledge and skills acquired during the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice programme;
- Role transition and professional identity in advanced practice;
- Legal and ethical issues underpinning advanced/autonomous practice;
- Leadership within advanced practice;
- Advanced practitioner roles in the context of the multi-disciplinary/multi agency team;
- Risk management strategies, human factors;
- UK and international health and social care policy in relation to advanced practice.
Target Students
Apprentices enrolled on the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice.
Classes
A combination of lectures, seminars, tutorials and blended learning (up to 200 hours).
Assessment
- 50% Presentation of Practice 1: Written report outlining an evidence-based background and proposed clinical practice change related to the apprentice's area of clinical practice.Presentations must draw upon the clinical practice change report and discuss the implementation of the development in practice.
- 50% Exam 1 (2-hour): Open book examination where apprentices can bring three written case studies to the examination
Assessed by end of designated period
Educational Aims
This course aims to enable the integration of the learning and personal/professional development that occurs during study of the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice. The course content is designed to allow healthcare professionals to critically explore and debate the transition into advanced clinical practice. It recognises that there are regional, national and international variations in how advanced practice roles are articulated and enacted, as well as variations across the different healthcare professions. Associated with these variants are also differing levels of professional autonomy. The course will thus enable healthcare professionals to explore and identify what advanced practice means within the context of own professional practice role, and equip healthcare professionals to further develop advanced clinical practice beyond the end of the course.Learning Outcomes
Intellectual
1. Critically reflect on own role transition towards advanced clinical practice through personal, professional and academic development recognising own level of autonomy.
Professional
2. Demonstrate leadership, collaboration and employ risk management strategies in contexts that are challenging, complex and/or unpredictable.
3. Critically evaluate how own advanced clinical practice role can improve health outcomes of a specified client group
4. Demonstrate leadership, collaboration, and employ risk management strategies in contexts that are challenging, complex, and/or unpredictable.
Transferable
5. Demonstrate advanced interpersonal skills including those of negotiation, referral, consultation, case presentation and education.
6. Critically evaluate how own advanced clinical practice role can improve health outcomes of a specified client group.
Conveners
- Hannah Conway