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Study Details: MMedSci 3 year part-time
This course provides training for expanded primary and secondary care roles that focus on babies, children and young people. It’s designed for registered nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists and related healthcare practitioners within paediatrics who want to work at an advanced level of clinical practice. The course can be taken as a standard degree programme or apprenticeship.
Our programme covers all four pillars of advanced clinical practice: clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research. You will gain advanced skills in anatomy, history taking and clinical examination, develop your understanding of evidence-based practice and learn how to deal with complex clinical situations and improve patient services. You’ll also cover the training necessary to become an independent prescriber.
You’ll be taught by a multidisciplinary team of academics and practitioners, who are experienced in supporting mature and distance learners. You will combine your university studies with work-based learning under the supervision of a local mentor who can support and assess your knowledge, skills and capabilities.
Minimum 2:2 undergraduate honours degree in a health discipline (e.g. nursing, midwifery, pharmacy, physiotherapy, paramedic science).
Minimum of a grade 4/C in GCSE English Language and Maths or equivalent (please upload evidence of this to your application).
We also consider a wide range of international qualifications
For fees and funding options, please visit website to find out more
Graduates from this course can work as advanced clinical practitioners, specialising in paediatrics.
ACPs are experienced and knowledgeable healthcare professionals who have expanded their scope of practice to better meet the needs of the patients in their care. They’re an integral part of the NHS Long-Term plan, and following graduation, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to progress your career as a highly-skilled, autonomous healthcare leader.
Past students have gone on to secure senior roles within health settings such as the NHS, The Resuscitation Council and the Department of Health. These roles include:
Nurse consultant
Research nurse
Matron
Patient transport lead
Other students have gone on to find success in teaching roles in UK universities.
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