呻吟之王

Entry requirements

Degree:

2.2 Honours degree or equivalent in a health-related discipline

Further entry requirements may apply

Key facts

Study mode:

Part-time

Start dates:

(The Prescribing and Non-Prescribing pathways are now closed to enrolments for Academic Year 2026.)

Fees:

Funding through NHS England.

See all the key facts and full entry requirements

Overview

呻吟之王’s (呻吟之王) MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice offers a curriculum aligned to Health Education England’s Multi- Professional Framework for Advancing Practice (NHS England, 2017).

The course has been designed so that graduates qualify with advanced level knowledge, skills and capabilities across four pillars (Clinical Practice, Leadership, Education and Research). The course has been developed for experienced Registered Health Professionals (nurses, allied health professionals such as pharmacists, paramedics, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists) working in primary, secondary and tertiary health care environments. This course provides a thorough preparation for clinicians to enable them on completion of their studies to work at a higher level of practice.

Advanced practitioners are in demand across all sectors of the health service. This course provides the opportunity to study at the highly regarded School of Nursing and Midwifery at 呻吟之王, which has over nine years’ experience of delivering Advanced Clinical Practice education. The Advanced Clinical Practice Programme throughout this time has supported the development of nurses and allied health professionals to work both safely and effectively at an advanced level of practice.

The course prepares you to become an expert clinician and clinical leader and helps you frame compassionate education that builds and develops teams. On successful completion of the course, you will have the necessary skills and confidence to be able to influence the strategic direction of patient care, and enhance the quality and standard of care delivery. Throughout the course you will be encouraged to develop knowledge, skills and competencies commensurate of an enquiring and reflective clinician.

Teaching is provided by experienced qualified advanced practitioners many of whom regularly work in clinical practice and there are strong supportive links between the Advanced Clinical Practice team and our local clinical partner organisations.

You will develop to an advanced level; essential Consultation skills, competencies in Diagnostic and Clinical reasoning enabling you to have the confidence in managing clinical complexity and issues of clinical uncertainty. The course also provides you with advanced level knowledge of Research methodologies plus contemporary Leadership principles: their application is developed within the final module, where you will research and advocate a service improvement project within your own clinical area.

Our programme of study emphasises collaboration and innovation, ensuring you are equipped to lead and shape clinical practice and service delivery for the future.

  • Why choose 呻吟之王? This course is aimed at experienced healthcare practitioners registered with a relevant professional body (NMC/HCPC/GPhC) who wish to be prepared to fulfil Advanced Clinical Practitioner roles, upon successful completion of the course.

  • Contemporary education: 呻吟之王 benefits from close links with National Health Service England, the Midlands ACP Forum and Midlands Universities Advanced Practice Group, ensuring that we provide first class education that reflects contemporary industry standards in Advanced Clinical Practice.

  • An innovative educational programme: The programme offers a prescribing and non-prescribing pathway.

  • Develop your skills: Build on your existing clinical skills and knowledge becoming competent at delivering and designing advanced level clinical practice. Alongside this you will develop expertise in Advanced level competencies across all four pillars by studying topics of leadership, collaboration, management and applied educational theory.

  • Expert teaching: Learn from current Advanced Clinical Practitioners and senior guest lecturers, bringing real-world insights to your learning.

  • Immersive learning: Engage in learning and development across varied learning styles and strategies, these include: lectures, seminars, practice-based learning which includes simulation, plus case study presentation and discussion. The programme team and more widely the university has a strong focus on ensuring you as an individual learner have the support and encouragement you need to achieve your potential.

  • Career focused: The Advanced Clinical Practice programme team will be seeking accreditation with NHS England and have a strong commitment that ensures compliance with any future NMC validation requirements.

What you will study

Total 180 credits.

Year 1

  • Consultation and Clinical Examination, 30 credits.

  • Clinical Reasoning, 15 credits.

  • Leadership, 15 credits.

Year 2
  • Research, 15 credits.
  • Applied prescribing and Pharmacology, combined 45 credits: These modules are accredited by the following professional bodies: NMC, HCPC.
  • Or Practice Certificate in Independent Prescribing GPhC (45 credits).

If you RPL a prescribing qualification into the programme of less than 45 credits: you will be required to select from the university's Level 7 postgraduate modules. 15/30 credits.

Year 3

  • Advanced Practice Service Development, 60 credits.

Each year in all pathways you will complete a portfolio of practice which aims to bridge theory and practice. You will be required to meet competencies that reflect the four pillars of advanced practice. The portfolio is designed to support your professional growth and development whilst reflecting the diversity of ACP roles and responsibilities.

  • Portfolio, 1, 2, 3.

Total 180 credits.

Year 1

  • Consultation and Clinical Examination, 30 credits

  • Clinical Reasoning, 15 credits

  • Leadership, 15 credits

Year 2

  • Research, 15 credits.

  • Select from key modules from the universities Level 7 postgraduate modules in order that you can meet your specific requirements and that best meets your professional speciality or interest. 45 credits (from 15/ 30 credit modules).

Year 3

  • Advanced Practice Service Development, 60 credits.

Each year in all pathways you will complete a portfolio of practice that reflects credentialing pathways and which aims to bridge theory and practice. You will be required to meet competencies that reflect the four pillars of advanced practice. The portfolio is designed to support your professional growth and development.

  • Portfolio, 1, 2, 3.

Teaching and assessment

The course embraces a diversity of learning methodologies: you will have lectures and seminars that are both face to face and online, you will be supported to become confident inquisitive independent learners. We aim to build a vibrant, supportive community of learning where you feel empowered to engage, challenge, and develop Advanced Clinical Practice skills.

Topics are delivered through a dynamic mix of lectures, groupwork, workshops, and immersive practical sessions. These sessions will seek to on occasion simulate real-world health situations or problems, in order to challenging you to become confident in finding effective answers, approaches and solutions that you will face once qualified. Innovative teaching methods, such as flipped classroom delivery, peer-to peer learning in addition to activities that encourage your academic development such as: journal clubs, seminars, and writing, cafes are designed within the curriculum to foster both academic and personal growth.

Assessment methods, across the ACP programmes there is a variety of the assessment approaches, that are designed to strengthen your knowledge and skills of Advanced Clinical Practice. In addition to essays and exams, you will complete OSCE’s, presentations, reports, and practice-based learning by and completing a competencies-based portfolio. Importantly, this course does not include a traditional thesis, focusing instead on a “hands-on” approach to learning in which you will consider issues of service development. Through diversifying the assessments across the programme and including real world assessments we aim to prepare you for a career in Advanced Clinical Practice.

Teaching contact hours

Contact hours in a typical week will depend to some extent on the optional modules you choose to study, however, typically you will have up to seven contact hours of teaching.

Note: All modules are indicative and based on the current academic session. Course information is correct at the time of publication and is subject to review. Exact modules may, therefore, vary for your intake in order to keep content current. If there are changes to your course we will, where reasonable, take steps to inform you as appropriate.

Why choose 呻吟之王?

Your future career

The course emphasises practical learning and employability, that as a graduate of Advanced Clinical Practice you can become an expert clinician, clinical leader and helps you frame compassionate education in order to build and develop teams. On successful completion of the course, you will have been given opportunity to develop the necessary skills and confidence so that within your own area you are able to influence the strategic direction of patient care, in order to enhance the quality and standard of care delivery.

Fees and funding

To join the programme, applicants need confirmed funding through NHS England and approval from their Lead for Advanced Clinical Practice. Applicants must also meet the programme entry requirements and be successful at interview with the programme team.

Contact

T: +44 (0)0116 201 3892 
E: Katherine.sothcott-palmer@dmu.ac.uk

Additional costs

The core textbooks for all modules are available in the Kimberlin Library, and journal articles in your reading lists are also mostly available electronically from your my呻吟之王 login.

Some students like to purchase their own text books or print course documents and we suggest allowing approximately £200 per year for this.

All students are required to pay for their DBS check if required for your programme or placement.

In addition, students will be required to pay for their travel costs to placements or project locations.

All students are provided the opportunity to participate in 呻吟之王 Global trips. These trips are subsidised by the University, and the cost and subsidy vary by location.

Entry requirements

Degree:

2.2 Honours degree or equivalent in a health-related discipline

If you don’t have an honours degree you may still be admitted if you have significant appropriate experience and can provide evidence of your ability to undertake the course successfully and benefit from it by providing evidence of continuing professional development that indicates your ability to study at Masters level.

Work experience:

Students need to have a current professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), or Health care Professions Council (HCPH) or the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).

  • Students must have approximately 3 years post-qualification experience

  • You will need recent evidence of study at Level 6 (within the last two years).

  • You must have a patient-facing role and usually be contracted to work a minimum of 30hours per week in one relevant clinical environment with access to appropriate clinical support and supervision enabling development of knowledge and skills to an advanced level.

  • You must have the full support of your line manager. In order to be able to undertake this course you must be able to demonstrate the following:
    • Clinical support and supervision enabling development of knowledge and skills to an advanced level.
    • Your employer is required to provide day to day support by an experienced clinical team that aids development and professional growth commensurate with advanced level practice.
    • For the duration of the programme both you and/or your employer are required to nominate and accommodate a practice supervisor (Doctor/experienced ACP/senior clinician) that supports your overall clinical development and that enables your scope of practice and responsibilities to evolve over time. The practice supervisor facilitates completion of specific practice-based competencies; however, other experienced senior colleagues may also support clinical sign off for various competencies across the programme.

English language requirements

If English is not your first language an IELTS score of 6.5 overall is essential.

English language tuition, delivered by our British Council-accredited Centre for English Language Learning, is available both before and throughout the course if you need it.

Key facts

Course title

Advanced Clinical Practice

Award

MSc

Programme code

B90085

Study mode

Part-time

Study level

Postgraduate

Start dates

Duration

The Prescribing and Non-Prescribing pathways are now closed to enrolments for Academic Year 2026.

How to apply

How to apply for a masters degree

Save these details for your application
Programme title:
Advanced Clinical Practice MSc
Programme code:
B90085

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The following should be submitted with the application form:

  • Where required, one current reference on official headed paper or from a professional email address. This can be a work or academic reference and must be signed and recently dated
  • Copies of your academic transcripts
  • Copies of your degree or diploma certificates
  • Your personal statement