36 monthsProgramme duration
5,600 GBPTuition Fee/year
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Medicine Related Studies
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
Online
The MSc Advanced Clinical Practice equips senior/graduate NHS nurses and Allied Health Professionals with the academic and professional skills to undertake Advanced Practice roles within Critical Care or Perioperative Care.
Choose the Critical Care Practitioner pathway to meet the registration requirements of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM), or the Perioperative Care Practitioner pathway to work across the surgical patient journey. We combine online learning with practical skills, and you are taught by experts in critical care, perioperative medicine, advanced practice, and pharmacy.
This MSc Advanced Clinical Practice enables nurses and health professionals to pursue a unique career pathway within Critical Care or Perioperative Care, through the Critical Care Practitioner (ACCP) or Perioperative Care Practitioner specialism.
Our course is designed and delivered by a multidisciplinary faculty of clinical and education experts in critical care, perioperative care and advanced practice. Your learning takes place in an engaging and supportive online learning environment. Students from all over the UK join and train as Advanced Critical Care Practitioners or Advanced Perioperative Care Practitioners to deliver state-of-the-art care.
Through our online platform, we engage our students with all elements of Advanced Practice. We provide online teaching sessions, coaching and student pastoral support through immersive learning materials and facilitated group work. We are also creating a community of learners for peer-to-peer learning and providing structured educational support to busy NHS departments.
The course includes an integrated PG Cert in Independent and Supplementary Non-medical Prescribing with Enhanced Clinical Assessment. Eligible students can graduate with a Master’s, a PG Dip, or with a PG Cert as a non-medical prescriber in their chosen specialism (Critical Care or Perioperative Care).
Choose the Critical Care Practitioner pathway to meet the registration requirements of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM), or the Perioperative Care Practitioner pathway to work across the surgical patient journey. We combine online learning with practical skills, and you are taught by experts in critical care, perioperative medicine, advanced practice, and pharmacy.
This MSc Advanced Clinical Practice enables nurses and health professionals to pursue a unique career pathway within Critical Care or Perioperative Care, through the Critical Care Practitioner (ACCP) or Perioperative Care Practitioner specialism.
Our course is designed and delivered by a multidisciplinary faculty of clinical and education experts in critical care, perioperative care and advanced practice. Your learning takes place in an engaging and supportive online learning environment. Students from all over the UK join and train as Advanced Critical Care Practitioners or Advanced Perioperative Care Practitioners to deliver state-of-the-art care.
Through our online platform, we engage our students with all elements of Advanced Practice. We provide online teaching sessions, coaching and student pastoral support through immersive learning materials and facilitated group work. We are also creating a community of learners for peer-to-peer learning and providing structured educational support to busy NHS departments.
The course includes an integrated PG Cert in Independent and Supplementary Non-medical Prescribing with Enhanced Clinical Assessment. Eligible students can graduate with a Master’s, a PG Dip, or with a PG Cert as a non-medical prescriber in their chosen specialism (Critical Care or Perioperative Care).
Programme overview
Main Subject
Medicine Related Studies
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
Online
The MSc Advanced Clinical Practice equips senior/graduate NHS nurses and Allied Health Professionals with the academic and professional skills to undertake Advanced Practice roles within Critical Care or Perioperative Care.
Choose the Critical Care Practitioner pathway to meet the registration requirements of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM), or the Perioperative Care Practitioner pathway to work across the surgical patient journey. We combine online learning with practical skills, and you are taught by experts in critical care, perioperative medicine, advanced practice, and pharmacy.
This MSc Advanced Clinical Practice enables nurses and health professionals to pursue a unique career pathway within Critical Care or Perioperative Care, through the Critical Care Practitioner (ACCP) or Perioperative Care Practitioner specialism.
Our course is designed and delivered by a multidisciplinary faculty of clinical and education experts in critical care, perioperative care and advanced practice. Your learning takes place in an engaging and supportive online learning environment. Students from all over the UK join and train as Advanced Critical Care Practitioners or Advanced Perioperative Care Practitioners to deliver state-of-the-art care.
Through our online platform, we engage our students with all elements of Advanced Practice. We provide online teaching sessions, coaching and student pastoral support through immersive learning materials and facilitated group work. We are also creating a community of learners for peer-to-peer learning and providing structured educational support to busy NHS departments.
The course includes an integrated PG Cert in Independent and Supplementary Non-medical Prescribing with Enhanced Clinical Assessment. Eligible students can graduate with a Master’s, a PG Dip, or with a PG Cert as a non-medical prescriber in their chosen specialism (Critical Care or Perioperative Care).
Choose the Critical Care Practitioner pathway to meet the registration requirements of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM), or the Perioperative Care Practitioner pathway to work across the surgical patient journey. We combine online learning with practical skills, and you are taught by experts in critical care, perioperative medicine, advanced practice, and pharmacy.
This MSc Advanced Clinical Practice enables nurses and health professionals to pursue a unique career pathway within Critical Care or Perioperative Care, through the Critical Care Practitioner (ACCP) or Perioperative Care Practitioner specialism.
Our course is designed and delivered by a multidisciplinary faculty of clinical and education experts in critical care, perioperative care and advanced practice. Your learning takes place in an engaging and supportive online learning environment. Students from all over the UK join and train as Advanced Critical Care Practitioners or Advanced Perioperative Care Practitioners to deliver state-of-the-art care.
Through our online platform, we engage our students with all elements of Advanced Practice. We provide online teaching sessions, coaching and student pastoral support through immersive learning materials and facilitated group work. We are also creating a community of learners for peer-to-peer learning and providing structured educational support to busy NHS departments.
The course includes an integrated PG Cert in Independent and Supplementary Non-medical Prescribing with Enhanced Clinical Assessment. Eligible students can graduate with a Master’s, a PG Dip, or with a PG Cert as a non-medical prescriber in their chosen specialism (Critical Care or Perioperative Care).
Admission Requirements
180+
76+
4.5+
7+
A minimum of a second-class UK Bachelor’s degree. Applicants who hold a pre-registration qualification which is not at degree level but who can evidence the ability to study at level 7 will be assessed on a case-by-case basis by the faculty team. All candidates must successfully register with their professional (Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or the Health and Care Professional Council (HCPC) AND must be eligible to become a student of non-medical prescribing, in line with current national legislation. Students undertaking the PG Cert, PG Dip or Advanced Critical Care Practice MSc must also provide evidence of employment from their home trust and a named consultant intensivist who will be the clinical supervisor.
3 Years
Sep
Tuition fees
Domestic
5,600 GBP
International
5,600 GBP
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