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Advanced Clinical Practice Degree Apprenticeship (Advanced Primary Care Practitioner) MSc

Advanced Clinical Practice Degree Apprenticeship (Advanced Primary Care Practitioner) MSc

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Study mode

Part time

Duration

3 years

Start date

SEP-26

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Health Practice Administration

Course Summary

This degree apprenticeship enables the apprentice to develop their personal and professional autonomy, providing them with a comprehensive and critical understanding of professional practice, ensuring that they are fit for future challenges within health and social care.The apprenticeship is flexible for multi-professional individuals from all areas of advanced practice within acute and primary care sectors – apprentices access the same core modules. The negotiated competencies within the first-year portfolio module give the apprentice flexibility to ensure maximum relevance and application to their clinical area. The apprentice has the opportunity to develop advanced and core transferable skills relevant to advanced primary care – they develop their advanced clinical decision-making skills, use evidence-based approaches to care, lead innovation and practice, and develop high levels of autonomy.The apprenticeship is developed in partnership with key stakeholders from practice and delivered by an experienced team with knowledge and academic credibility both within and outside the University. This multi-professional team has a wealth of experience in developing and delivering modules of this nature for healthcare professionals at all academic levels. The apprentice studies this course on a part-time basis over three years. They are supported through their studies by an academic supervisor, and they also need to identify a practice supervisor.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£4,000

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

Contact University and ask about this fee

Entry requirements

To be accepted on to an apprenticeship course you must have support from your employer and meet the course entry requirements.

Apprentices must:

> have current registration with a relevant professional healthcare body such as the Nursing and Midwifery Council or Health and Care Professions Council

> have an honours degree in a health-related subject (previous experience and evidence of study at Level 6 may be considered)

> work in a healthcare organisation, normally at the equivalent of band 6 (or above) within an area of advanced practice

> work in a primary care role which requires diagnostic and therapeutic responsibility for a patient caseload for a minimum of 20 hours a week

> have a minimum of three years, full-time or equivalent in part-time hours, post-registration clinical experience

> be able to organise for a suitable practitioner (for example, a medical doctor or an active advanced practitioner) to act as a practice supervisor.