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AdvDip(CPD) Advanced Clinical Practice in Primary Care (HE7)

AdvDip(CPD) Advanced Clinical Practice in Primary Care (HE7)

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AdvDip(CPD)

Start Date

30/01/2025

Duration

15 weeks

Mode

Part-time

Location

University of Bolton

Are you a health professional working in primary care with a desire to become an advanced clinical practitioner? This short course focuses on developing your knowledge and understanding of a range of acute and chronic conditions that are relevant to primary care. You’ll explore presentations and clinical management across all ages.

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Course Overview

This stand-alone professional development course is designed to provide an advanced understanding of clinical management for aspiring advanced clinical practitioners (ACPs) working in primary care. Our expert team will support you to develop your knowledge and understanding of a range of acute and chronic conditions, exploring presentations and clinical management across all age groups.

We’ll provide an overview of common conditions and clinical activities for ACPs in primary care that will reflect the Core Capabilities Framework for ACPs in Primary Care (HEE, 2020). We’ll focus on building your understanding of referral pathways and processes, national policies and guidelines, clinical targets, quality frameworks, and the role of ACPs in primary care.

Our experienced and knowledgeable team will concentrate on emergency presentations of minor injuries and the clinical management of chronic conditions, such as asthma, COPD, diabetes, hypertension and cancer. We’ll also help you build your ability to recognise and manage red flag symptoms in relation to cancer diagnosis, disease progression, acute oncology and oncological emergencies.

To support your development as a practitioner in primary care, we’ll guide you as you expand your knowledge and understanding of diagnostic investigations, history taking and clinical assessments for a range of acute and chronic conditions. We’ll also support you to develop your communication and consultation skills, including alternative consultation styles and the use of relevant digital technology.

In addition, you can expect to enhance your knowledge and understanding of other conditions and areas of practice, including dermatology, cardio, renal, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, sexual health, and mental health. Alongside this, we’ll explore clinical and safeguarding issues for vulnerable groups, including paediatrics, older people, people with dementia and those with learning disabilities.

To benefit from studying this course, you should already a health professional with a basic understanding and some clinical experience of working within primary care.

Highlights

Key Features

Entry Requirements
  • To undertake this course, you must offer current professional registration as a health or social care practitioner with evidence of post-registration experience of professional practice; for example, registered nurse, assistant practitioner, allied health professional or paramedic. A first degree relevant to your health or social care practice is desirable and/or recent study at Level HE6.
  • You must have some experience of clinical practice in primary care.
  • You may be required to attend an interview and/or provide a portfolio of work.
  • Please note that this course is subject to the University of Bolton's Fitness to Practise procedure.

Where changes are made to material information contained in this course description or a decision is taken to suspend a course between the offer of admissions and enrolment, we will inform applicants at the earliest possible opportunity and will outline the various options available to the applicant.

Career Opportunities

This course offers academic progression in the specialist field of primary care for all age groups.

Fees & Funding

Home/EU Fees

Home students starting this course in the first year will be required to pay a Home fee of £800 for the academic year 2024/25.

International Fees

Overseas students starting this course in the first year will be required to pay a Overseas fee of £800 for the academic year 2024/25.

Bursaries

Click here for more information about the scholarships and bursaries available to University of Bolton students.

Important note regarding tuition fees for the 2024-25 academic year: EU nationals who meet residency requirements (have settled or pre-settled status) may be eligible for 'Home' fee status. If you do not meet these residency requirements, overseas fees will apply. Irish citizens living in the UK or Ireland will be eligible for 'Home' fee status under the Common Travel Area arrangement. Please read the student finance for EU students web page on www.gov.uk for information.

The fees for a student's course of study will be set for the normal duration of that course subject only to inflationary increases – measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded in March each year to take effect for subsequent start dates.

How to apply

Home Applicants

You may apply directly to the University using the University's online application form. Please select your chosen start date from the list below:

You should have to hand:

  • Details of the educational establishments you attended and dates

  • Your certificates for the qualifications you are using to gain entry to the course – you will need to enter the completion date and upload copies

  • Details of any employment history including name, address, dates and role

  • Personal statement – this can be either input into the relevant field or uploaded separately

  • Details including e-mail addresses of two referees, at least one of which should be someone who can provide an academic reference

Please make sure any documents you wish to upload in support of your application are in pdf or jpeg format. Personal statements may be word documents.

Please ensure your data is correct at each stage of the application before you proceed to the next page. If you use the back button at any time during the application, you should check the validity of the data you have already input.

If you experience difficulties during the application process, contact the Admissions Team on 01204 903394 or admissions-team@bolton.ac.uk

International Applicants

International applications are not possible for this course

As an international student you are not allowed to study this course because of the restrictions on your visa.

We offer a wide range of full-time courses in lots of different subjects, many of our courses start in September and January. If you would like to see what courses are available please visit our Course Search.

Teaching & Assessment

This advanced professional development course adopts a blended learning approach, using the principles of problem-based learning to develop your enquiry skills and place this in the context of patient care.

You’ll be introduced to topics through keynote lectures that will involve a mixture of theory and case-based discussions around clinical scenarios. Following the lectures, you’ll be expected to explore each topic in greater depth, and in relation to your own area of practice, through self-directed learning. These activities will increase your understanding of the general presentation and management of acute and chronic conditions in primary care. You’ll be encouraged to consider current research evidence and use this to inform your clinical decision-making and communication skills.

In terms of assessment, you can expect problem-based learning case presentations, written assignments and multiple-choice question (MCQ) exams.

Modules

The modules listed below may be a mixture of compulsory and optional. You may not have the opportunity to study all the modules shown as part of the course.

  • Advanced Clinical Practice in Primary Care

Assessment methods

Level Assessment method
Level 1 Coursework 40%
Written exams 60%

Learning Activities

Level Activity
Level 1 Guided independent study 75%
Scheduled learning and teaching activities 25%

The university will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver your course as described in its published material and the programme specification for the academic year in which you begin your course. The university considers changes to courses very carefully and the university will minimise any changes. Please be aware that our courses are subject to review on an ongoing basis and changes may be necessary due to legitimate staffing, financial, regulatory and academic reasons. The content of course modules and mode of associated assessments may be updated on an annual basis. This is to ensure that all modules are up-to-date and responsive to employment and sector needs. The published course material and the programme specification contain indicative ‘optional modules’ that may be subject to change due to circumstances outside of our control. For this reason, we cannot guarantee to run any specific optional module.

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We have the answers to your questions, find all the advice and support in one place.

Part of the University of Bolton Group

Bolton college
Alliance learning
Anderton centre2
QQA Scheme Participant