Overview

Within this Advanced Clinical Practice MSc programme from The Open University UK you’ll:

Meets requirements to qualify healthcare professionals with a MSc in ACP.
Develops the knowledge and skills of health professionals, enabling them to perform at the top of their licence.
Allows students to immediately apply their new learning into practice, for the benefit of service users.
Improves clinical outcomes, continuity of care and patient waiting times.
Empowers the multi-professional team to respond to changing demands on services.
Provides staff with career development opportunities which values their skills and aids retention in your workplace.
Provides tutor-supported, online learning delivered flexibly around the demands of your organisation, enabling students to balance study with personal commitments and minimising time away from the workplace.
Offers learning that is consistently high-quality and accessible 24/7 and for multiple staff, regardless of their location.
Allows students to apply what they learn immediately into practice, for the benefit of the organisation.
Includes non-medical, independent and/or supplementary prescribing.

Learners will develop the knowledge, understanding and skills required to act with a high level of autonomy by learning about the four pillars that underpin advanced clinical practice: clinical practice, leadership and management, research and education. They will enhance their skills in holistic and systematic assessment, complex decision making and the provision of high-quality, evidence-based interventions for patients, clients and their families. Learners will be supported in practice within the workplace, strengthening their learning through the application of theory to their scope of practice.

Delivered in partnership with employers, the OU’s flexible and innovative MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) will prepare experienced registered healthcare professionals to develop their professional careers as Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs).

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Clinical practice
Leadership, management and collaborative practice
Education and facilitation of learning
Research and enquiry-based practice

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 30 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-09-01 00:00:00

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Language

English

IELTS

5.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Disciplines

Medicine Health Sciences View 437 other Masters in Health Sciences in United Kingdom

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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5.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

You will need to:

hold a degree in a health-related discipline. Applicants with evidence of equivalent professional development or academic proficiency will be considered. Applicants with non-European academic qualifications will need to supply evidence of equivalency through NARIC.
be currently registered with one of the statutory regulators of health and care professions.
be employed as a health care professional.
provide evidence of your employer’s recommendation for your application for a programme of study leading to an Advanced Practice role, including a formal reference from the employer confirming the applicant demonstrates professional values and behaviours, respecting people’s diversity, beliefs, culture, needs, values and preferences, and shows respect and empathy acting as a role model for others. It should also confirm your ‘clinical readiness’ to undertake the programme.

Tuition Fee

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International

4485 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 4485 GBP per year during 30 months.
National

11160 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 11160 GBP per year during 30 months.

Funding

Studyportals Student Grant Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and be among one of the 20 students to win €1000.

Studyportals Student Grant Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and be among one of the 20 students to win €1000.

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Scholarships Information

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Available Scholarships

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