2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue

MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Apprenticeship)

Programme overview

Programme code: MSC-APACP-20
UCAS code
Duration: 36 Months
Method of Attendance: Part Time
Programme manager: Ian Goulden
Contact address: i.goulden@leeds.ac.uk
Total credits: 180
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme: School of Healthcare
Examination board through which the programme will be considered: School of Healthcare
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups: There are no relevant subject benchmarks for Advanced Clinical Practice. However in August 2019 QAA published a "characteristics statement" for apprenticeships in higher education. This says that apprenticeships incorporating higher education:
- are constituted as first and foremost a job which requires work-integrated learning. The workplace becomes a site for the development and generation of knowledge, understanding, skills and professional behaviours rather than just a site for their application.
- are designed to enable apprentices to develop professional / occupational competence within a defined occupation and apprenticeship pathway
- are based on occupational standards
- support inclusion and diversity in the workplace and should ensure that there are no unnecessary barriers to learning or assessment
- require the integration of on and off-the-job learning
- may require at least 20 per cent off-the-job learning and / or meet notional guided hours
- require the development of professional and / or occupational competence that is concerned with the ability to continually enhance professional practice to drive innovation, informed by codes of ethical practice and values.
- seek to maximise the transferability and recognition of apprenticeship outcomes to enhance career development opportunities for apprentices and deliver workforce development objectives for employers
- require comprehensive collaboration with employers at all stages
- position the employer as the primary gatekeeper for admissions working closely with the higher education provider
- involve tripartite agreements between employers, apprentices and higher education providers
- include support for apprentices in the workplace by a competent mentor and in their learning and assessment by a qualified trainer / educator / assessor who have sector experience and knowledge
- are not necessarily aligned with traditional academic years and may reflect varied patterns of employment
- may include a higher education qualification
- may include professional recognition.
This proposal addresses all of these characteristics.

Entry requirements

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

Programme specification

An Advanced Clinical Practitioner is able to manage defined episodes of clinical care independently from admission to discharge. This programme will produce Advanced Clinical Practitioners who have achieved all required competencies under the four pillars of Advanced Clinical Practice. They will;

- Show understanding and mastery of the identified skills
- Improve quality of health outcomes
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills in evaluation and research.
- Be able to develop self and others
- Show leadership and practice development
- Work across Professional and organisational boundaries
- Show innovation and change practice.

The programme will provide students with:
- Access to inter-professional learning.
- Access to a range of option modules, which will allow students to mould their programme of study to their own professional needs and the needs of the supporting organisation.
- A programme in which work based and work related learning is emphasised.
- Flexibility within the programme structure to maximise the opportunities provided by their personal case load within their work environment
- Assessment methods, which are linked to the students' practice and work requirements.

Year 1

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules, these can be taken in either Year 1 or Year 2 but the students must have completed them before undertaking HECS5324M and HECS5325M:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
HECS5169M	Issues and Concepts of Advancing Practice	15	1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
IOFN5004M	Research Methods	15	1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

Depending on student circumstances the number of credits studied in each year may vary.

By the end of the programme, students should have studied 105 credits from the folllowing optional modules.

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
ARCS5261M	Principles for Medical Imaging Interpretation	15	1 Jan to 30 Jun	PFP
HECS5141M	Service Development within Healthcare	15	1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
HECS5167M	Interpreting Biochemistry and Haematology for Healthcare Practice	15	1 May to 30 Sep	PFP
HECS5235M	Clinical Examination	30	1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
HECS5236M	Management of Patient's Clinical Conditions	15	1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
HECS5301M	ECG Interpretation	30	1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
HECS5318M	Enabling Self Management in Long-Term Conditions	30	1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
HECS5321M	Independent and Supplementary Prescribing for Allied Health Professionals	30	1 Jan to 30 Sep, 1 Sep to 30 Jun (adv year), Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
HECS5322M	Independent and Supplementary Prescribing for Nurses and Midwives	30	1 Jan to 30 Sep, 1 Sep to 30 Jun (adv year), Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
HECS5323M	Independent Prescribing for Pharmacists	30	1 Jan to 30 Sep, 1 Sep to 30 Jun (adv year), Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
HECS5328M	Learning from Practice 1	15	1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
HECS5329M	Learning from Practice 2	30	1 Jan to 30 Sep, 1 Sep to 30 Jun (adv year), Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
HECS5330M	Introduction to Psychotherapeutic Counselling Theories	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
HECS5336M	Theories of Intersubjective Human Development	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
HECS5341M	ECG - Acute Coronary Syndrome	15	1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
HECS5342M	ECG - Cardiac Rhythm Disorders	15	1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP

N.B Please note that the list of optional modules is not exhaustive and optional modules may be added or removed due to demand.

Year 2

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Compulsory Modules

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
HECS5169M	Issues and Concepts of Advancing Practice	15	1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
IOFN5004M	Research Methods	15	1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

Depending on student circumstances the number of credits studied in each year may vary.

By the end of the programme, students should have studied 105 credits from the folllowing optional modules.

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
ARCS5261M	Principles for Medical Imaging Interpretation	15	1 Jan to 30 Jun	PFP
HECS5141M	Service Development within Healthcare	15	1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
HECS5167M	Interpreting Biochemistry and Haematology for Healthcare Practice	15	1 May to 30 Sep	PFP
HECS5235M	Clinical Examination	30	1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
HECS5236M	Management of Patient's Clinical Conditions	15	1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
HECS5301M	ECG Interpretation	30	1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
HECS5318M	Enabling Self Management in Long-Term Conditions	30	1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
HECS5321M	Independent and Supplementary Prescribing for Allied Health Professionals	30	1 Jan to 30 Sep, 1 Sep to 30 Jun (adv year), Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
HECS5322M	Independent and Supplementary Prescribing for Nurses and Midwives	30	1 Jan to 30 Sep, 1 Sep to 30 Jun (adv year), Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
HECS5323M	Independent Prescribing for Pharmacists	30	1 Jan to 30 Sep, 1 Sep to 30 Jun (adv year), Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
HECS5328M	Learning from Practice 1	15	1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
HECS5329M	Learning from Practice 2	30	1 Jan to 30 Sep, 1 Sep to 30 Jun (adv year), Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
HECS5330M	Introduction to Psychotherapeutic Counselling Theories	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
HECS5336M	Theories of Intersubjective Human Development	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
HECS5341M	ECG - Acute Coronary Syndrome	15	1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
HECS5342M	ECG - Cardiac Rhythm Disorders	15	1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP

N.B Please note that the list of optional modules is not exhaustive and optional modules may be added or removed due to demand.

Year 3

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Compulsory Modules

Students must have completed 160 credits and have clinical manager sign off before they can take HECS5325M Advanced Clinical Practice End Point Assessment

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
HECS5324M	Advanced Practitioner Inquiry (Apprenticeship)	25	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
HECS5325M	Advanced Clinical Practice End Point Assessment	20	1 Jun to 30 Sep, 1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

Depending on student circumstances the number of credits studied in each year may vary. By the end of the programme, students should have studied 105 credits from the folllowing optional modules:

N.B Please note that the list of optional modules is not exhaustive and optional modules may be added or removed due to demand.

Last updated: 30/08/2024 10:23:08

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