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    Advanced Clinical Practice (named speciality)

    Edinburgh Napier University

    Edinburgh Napier University

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    United Kingdom, Edinburgh

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    810

    Key Facts

    Program Level

    Master by Course Work

    Study Type

    Part Time

    Delivery

    On Campus

    Campuses

    Main Site

    Program Language

    English

    Start & Deadlines

    Next Intake DeadlinesJanuary-2024
    Apply to this program

    Go to the official application for the university

    Duration 3 year(s)
    Tuition Fee
    GBP 7,000  / total
    Next Intake January-2024

    Advanced Clinical Practice (named speciality)

    About

    Are you a registered nurse or healthcare professional with an aspiration to develop your career in Advanced Clinical Practice?
    Overview The MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (named speciality) provides a contemporary pathway to your career development. As a practitioner in the public domain of health and social care services, you are expected to be innovative, provide leadership and make an advanced contribution in your professional clinical role.

    The philosophy of this course is to use a professional work approach integrated with an understanding of practical application to create a high employability focus and impact on your practice. At all stages, you will be encouraged to take an independent self-learning approach to developing a deep knowledge of your subject area. 

    There are five â€کcore' named specialities available which align to the Transforming Roles, Clinical Core Competencies (Phase 2 Paper): 

    • Acute Care
    • Paediatric
    • Neonatal
    • Primary & Community Care
    • Mental Health

    In order to achieve all clinical competencies and speciality skills for this qualification, you will need to have a clinical supervisor and be employed by a UK healthcare organisation.

    If you are not employed in the health sector in the UK, please visit our MSc Advanced Practice (distance learning) course page.

    This programme offers a contemporary pathway to develop your career in Advanced Clinical Practice.

    This course is designed to be flexible and dynamic, allowing learning to be tailored to individual career aspirations. You will have the opportunity for inter-professional learning which can be contextualised to your health and/or care environment.

    If you choose not to complete the full master's degree, you can exit at various points during the course and achieve an award commensurate to the credits accrued.

    On completion of this course you will be able to:

    • Demonstrate a critical awareness of the main features, boundaries, terminology and conventions associated with advanced clinical practice.
    • Apply and use a significant range of the principal professional skills, techniques and practices, which are at the forefront of advanced clinical practice.
    • Apply critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis skills to explore and solve complex problems in advanced clinical practice.
    • Communicate, using appropriate methods, to a range of audiences with different levels of knowledge in advanced clinical practice.
    • Demonstrate effective leadership and make an identifiable contribution to change and development in the context of advanced clinical practice.
    • Plan and execute a significant project of research, investigation or development to inform and enhance health and care practice.

    What we offer:

    • Access to an experienced clinical academic teaching team, many of whom are qualified Advanced Practitioners and/or Medical Practitioners.
    • Access to specialist education in neonates, children and young people and mental health, adult acute care, and primary and community care health.
    • Excellent facilities with an award winning Simulation and Clinical Education suite.  Excellent Student Satisfaction – (90% overall student satisfaction -Post Graduate Teaching Experience Survey PTES, 2019)
    • Excellent opportunities to network, access inter-professional education and share learning
    • A flexible course with opportunities to exit with an award that aligns to your speciality and service level needs, supported by a portfolio of practice learning.
    • Opportunity to acquire and develop many valuable transferrable intellectual, cognitive and practical skills for your role.

    There are 4 distinct exit points from the program. Exit with a Certificate of Credit (40 credits), Postgraduate Certificate in Enhanced Practice (80 credits), Post-graduate Diploma in Advanced Clinical Practice (named speciality) (120 credits) and MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (named speciality) (180 credits). 

    Requirements

    Entry Requirements

    Entry requirements

    Postgraduate

    Students will be eligible to apply if they have gained a Bachelor degree with C+, GPA of 2.5/4.0 or Good or better

    Career

    Graduates from this course can find opportunities in:

    • Nursing / Midwifery 
    • Critical Care
    • Primary Care
    • Children and Young People's Health
    • Neonatal Health
    • Learning disabilities
    • Mental Health

    Fee Information

    Tuition Fee

    GBP 7,000 

    How to Apply

    How to use the online application form

    Here’s some key information about the application form to keep in mind while you're completing it:

    • You don't need to complete your application in one session - you can save it and return to it later. You'll get an email with a link to continue your application
    • When you've completed a page, click on the proceed button at the base of the form
    • If you need to return to a previous page, click on the save button first
    • If you need to exit at any point, save your progress by clicking on the save button
    • Save your progress regularly, as the form will time out if there has been no activity on the page for four hours. You'll then be asked to re-enter your log in details to continue with your application
    • Refer to the help text at each section of the application if you need guidance about a particular section of the process.
    What to expect 

    We will typically be in touch within five days of your application submission. Here's what will happen once you have submitted your application:

    1. Application review

    When we receive your application we will: 

    • Check your qualifications against the minimum entry criteria
    • Check your references, once they've been submitted
    • Review your personal statement 
    • Check your evidence of English language proficiency, if applicable.

    If you want to find out what we'll be looking for in your personal statement, find out here. 

    2. Extra information

    For some courses, you need to provide examples of your work or attend an interview. If this is the case, we’ll get in touch to arrange this with you. You can find out if this applies to your course on the course page on our website.

    3. Application outcome

     We’ll let you know the outcome of your application by email. There are three possible outcomes:

    • Unconditional (meaning we don't need anything else from you) 
    • Conditional (meaning you'll need to provide us with some more information)
    • Unsuccessful.

    4. Your response 

    You can accept your offer by emailing pgadmissions@napier.ac.uk. If your offer is conditional and you need to submit any extra information, like your degree certificate or a reference, you should do this as soon as possible.

    Interviews and Portfolios

    Some of our postgraduate courses require you to attend an interview, or submit extra information or examples of your work. If this is the case, someone will be in touch to arrange this with you. You can find out if this applies to your course on the relevant course page on the website.

    Here are some of examples of courses which require an interview:

    • MSc Creative Advertising 
    • MSc Applied Criminology and Forensic Psychology 
    • MSc Data Science 

    Interview formats will vary by course, and can range from group interviews and discussions to a quick chat one-on-one with your programme leader. You will be given this information by email.

    Here are some examples of courses which require a portfolio or additional work: 

    • MA Creative Writing 
    • MA Motion Graphics
    • MFA Advanced Film Practice 

    What you are asked to present and in what format will vary by course. You might be asked to submit your work digitally, or in some cases you will be asked to bring a portfolio with you to an interview. You will be given this information by email.

    If you're an international student...

    If you're not in the country, Skype interviews can often be arranged by email after you have received your invitation. 

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