Advancing Clinical Practice

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School:

School of Human and Health Sciences

Credit Rating:

Level (including FHEQ):

M (FHEQ Level 7)

Graded or Non Graded:

Graded

Version Valid From:

2022-03-01

Module Leader:

Melanie Rogers

Version Number

2024.01

Learning Methods

Guided Independent Study

Tutorial and Project Supervision

Lecture

Work Based Learning

Requirements

Pre-requisites

Synopsis

This module provides you with an opportunity to integrate the skills and learning afforded by your Master’s programme. You will develop a proposal and have the opportunity to implement and analyse it into an advancing practice project. The emphasis will be on a project which meets your individual educational and professional developmental needs whilst having the potential to advance your clinical practice.
The work undertaken must demonstrate appropriate design, methods and techniques along with interpretation and evaluation of the findings reported to a high professional standard. Your project will be either a literature review using a systematic approach, empirical study, practice/service audit or service evaluation. An element of the project undertaken will address the implications of wider dissemination of the work in terms of strengths, limitations and its relevance to the evidence-based agenda within health care deliver. To develop and demonstrate your competence, you will be working in a healthcare setting and your progress in meeting national core and area-specific capabilities will be assessed whilst working under the supervision of an appropriately qualified Educational Supervisor.

Learning Strategy

A student-centred approach utilising shared experiences, reflection and critical appraisal will be encouraged. To facilitate this student presentations and an Advanced Practice research conference will form part of the module content. Varying blended teaching and learning strategies will be utilised including lectures, group tutorials, group discussion and computer- assisted learning, … For more content click the Read More button below.

A student-centred approach utilising shared experiences, reflection and critical appraisal will be encouraged. To facilitate this student presentations and an Advanced Practice research conference will form part of the module content. Varying blended teaching and learning strategies will be utilised including lectures, group tutorials, group discussion and computer- assisted learning, including the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). The development of students’ capabilities will be undertaken through work-based learning activities working under the supervision of an Educational Supervisor in a healthcare setting.

Outline Syllabus

Students will be guided through development of a project proposal and the project process. They will be directed to conceptual, methodological and theoretical literature. Within supervision, students will be guided through the processes of project management processes and report writing.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students will

Critically review and identify an area of practice that requires further development and/or investigation appraising its implications for your role in advancing practice, care or service delivery.

Use appropriate techniques to formulate a valid project question and synthesise research/quality improvement theory to design a small-scale project relevant to advancing clinical practice.

Put into practice, modifying and defending as appropriate, a specified design for a project.

Carry out this proposal to professional standards in relation to both competence and ethical considerations.

Present the research in a report format appropriate to the nature and aims of the project and the intended audience.

Demonstrate evidence of core and specialist Advanced Clinical Practitioner competency development.

Formative Assessment

Assessment 1: Oral presentation/assessment

Summative Assessment

Assessment 1: Written Assignment

Assessment 2: Written Assignment

Assessment 3: Portfolio

Description:Portfolio - Achievement of core clinical capabilities identified from Health Education England advanced clinical practitioner curriculum including workplace based assessments which include case-based discussions, reflections and mini clinical examinations. This assessment is pass/refer/fail.

Assessment Weight:0

Assessment Length:500 Words (Equivalent Word Count)

Module Learning Outcomes:MLO6

Individual or Group:Individual

Final Assessment Component:Yes

Marked Anonymously:No

Eligible for Tutor Reassessment:No

Assessment 4: Presentation

Assessment Criteria

The School generic grading criteria and the learning outcomes will apply. The expectation is that text-based assessment tasks will be submitted via Turnitin®. Identities of individuals and organisations should be anonymised and confidences respected. Consent should be obtained from individual service-users for use of any of their personal health information … For more content click the Read More button below.

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