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Advanced Clinical Practice (Taught)

  • MSc
  • 3 Years
  • Blended learning (part-time)
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  • Postgraduate
Distance learning
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2026-2027
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Course summary

Reasons to choose Kingston University

  • This MSc course is accredited by Health Education England's Centre for Advancing Practice.

  • It has been designed in partnership with healthcare employers, ensuring currency and relevance to the workplace.

  • You can personalise the qualification by including option modules to suit your professional practice, career aspirations and sector requirements.

Why choose this course?
This course is aimed at employed, experienced registered health care professionals, preparing them for an advanced clinical practitioner role. The MSc is an accredited courses by the Centre for Advancing Practice.

The course consists of a mix of core modules, which address the four pillars of advanced clinical practice, and a selection of clinical option modules, which allow students to build a programme relevant to their area of practice. You will prepare a portfolio of practice showcasing your application of learning towards the advanced clinical practitioner role.

You will study six core compulsory modules (135 credits) which address the core pillars of advanced clinical practice and develop you as a practitioner to meet your career aspirations and service needs. The remaining 45 credits are fulfilled through option modules (15 or 30 credit modules) selected from the published list. Your sponsoring employer may advise you on your option module choice according to their service needs.

Theory and workplace learning are interlinked throughout the course in the classroom, and through the development of a workplace portfolio showcasing your development as an advanced clinical practitioner. Individual modules can also be booked through your employer with the Kingston University CPD Health Online Prospectus and Application Portal.

Core Modules

  • Advanced Clinical Reasoning in Health Assessment: Lifespan Perspectives

  • Mentoring and Coaching in Professional Practice

  • Applied Research Methods

  • Leadership in Advanced Clinical Practice

  • Improvement and Implementation Science: Principles for Practice

  • Capstone Project

Optional modules (subject to demand)

  • 12 Lead ECG Interpretation

  • Adult Critical Care Polytrauma: Assessment and Management

  • Advanced Practice: Minor Ailment Management

  • Advanced Practice: Minor Injury Management

  • Cardiac Arrhythmias: Interpretation and Management

  • Cardiac Care: Patient Assessment and Management

  • High Dependency Issues in Maternity Care

  • Independent/Supplementary Prescribing for Nurses and Midwives (V300)

  • Perinatal Mental Health

  • Professional Advocate

  • Respiratory Care for the Acute Setting

  • Safeguarding Adults at Risk

  • Work based learning (15 credits)

  • Work based learning (30 credits)

  • Work based learning (60 credits)

  • Working with Families, Carers and Significant Others

Modules

Core Modules

Advanced Clinical Reasoning in Health Assessment: Lifespan Perspectives
Mentoring and Coaching in Professional Practice
Applied Research Methods
Leadership in Advanced Clinical Practice
Improvement and Implementation Science: Principles for Practice
Capstone Project
Optional modules (subject to demand)

12 Lead ECG Interpretation
Adult Critical Care Polytrauma: Assessment and Management
Advanced Practice: Minor Ailment Management
Advanced Practice: Minor Injury Management
Cardiac Arrhythmias: Interpretation and Management
Cardiac Care: Patient Assessment and Management
High Dependency Issues in Maternity Care
Independent/Supplementary Prescribing for Nurses and Midwives (V300)
Perinatal Mental Health
Professional Advocate
Respiratory Care for the Acute Setting
Safeguarding Adults at Risk
Work based learning (15 credits)
Work based learning (30 credits)
Work based learning (60 credits)
Working with Families, Carers and Significant Others

Assessment method

Assessment methods include module-related assignments, essays, presentations, work-based projects, clinical logs, critical reflections on care, OSCE practical examinations and a 'capstone' research project.

Qualified teacher status (QTS)

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

  • Course does not award QTS

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Distance learning

Study options

  • MSc • Blended learning (part-time) • 3 Years

Start dates

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Entry requirements

Undergraduate honours degree 2:2 or above.

Non-standard applicants may be considered.

All applicants will: ·

  • hold a recognised professional healthcare qualification and current UK professional registration
  • have a minimum of two years' full-time clinical experience (or part-time equivalent) in health or social care employment, and be working in a practice setting which enables the achievement of the Health Education England (HEE) Multi-professional Advanced Clinical Practice Standards
  • be employed in a senior clinical role (normally Agenda for Change Band 6 or 7)
  • provide written evidence of employer support and opportunity for development into an advanced clinical practitioner role
  • provide self-certification of Good Health and Good Character.
    Additional entry criteria may apply to specified modules and will be indicated in the module outlines.

A minimum Academic IELTS of 7.0 overall with 6.5 in writing and 7.0 in all other elements is required for non-native speakers who have not completed a UK degree/DipHE or who do not have the equivalent of GCSE English at grade 4 (formerly grade C) (e.g. Functional Skills Level 2 Literacy).

Alternative routes

Short course applicants
Applicants may take modules from the programme as free-standing CPD without registering for an award. Short course enrolment leading to an accumulation of 60 (or more) free-standing credits will normally lead to programme enrolment. Applicants must meet programme entry requirements.

Entry with Advanced Standing and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
Applicants may be given credit for prior certificated learning (free-standing credit or interim postgraduate awards) up to the credit values specified below:

120 credits of the 180 credits required for the MSc.
75 credits of the 120 credits required for the Postgraduate Diploma.
RPL claims are assessed to ensure prior learning is current (normally credit will have been gained no longer than 5 years prior to enrolment on the course) and matches specific modules in the programme. St George's University of London students who gained credit on the earlier Joint Faculty version of the programmes referred to in this Programme Specification may apply to RPL in both the credits awarded and the grades

Non-standard applications
Non-standard applications may be considered if they meet one of the following: ·

Diploma (HE) and free-standing level 6 credit* (minimum 30 credits B grade or above)
Third class or ordinary degree which includes a minimum of 30 credits at level 6, B grade or above
PGCert or 60 free-standing level 7 credits* without a diploma (HE).
*Free-standing credit normally awarded within the past 5 years.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

Tuition fees for UK and international students will shortly be confirmed, please check back at the end of October.

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