Advanced Practice

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The Advanced Practice programme has been specifically designed to prepare you both academically and professionally to advance practice through research, management and practice development.

It aims to advance your ability to develop and utilise highly critical, analytical and reflective skills within academic and practice environments, thus enabling you to be innovative in practice and make judgements based on evidence. This well-established programme encourages greater confidence and involvement in wider debates within the health care arena, and in addressing complex and dynamic health care system needs and demands. Past students have found it an excellent stepping stone to challenging and exciting career prospects.

Each student is supported by a pathway leader who is a member of the academic staff with expertise in their specific field and who acts as a personal tutor.

The following pathways are available:

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* Cancer Care
* Clinical Care
* Midwifery
* Palliative Care
* Nurse Practitioner*
*The Nurse Practitioner pathway can be undertaken with or without the NMC award. This can be discussed in detail with the pathway leader.

There are two types of module - compulsory and optional - and these vary by pathway. Please note that both types can be taken as stand-alone Continuing Professional Development modules.

Core compulsory modules in all pathways include:

* Clinical Decision Making
* Concepts of Advanced Practice
* Research for Practice

Additional compulsory pathway-specific modules are:

* The Science of Cancer (Cancer Care pathway)
* Advanced Communication Skills (Cancer Care pathway)
* Advanced Assessment (Clinical Care and Nurse Practitioner pathways)
* Advanced Assessment of the Newborn for Midwives (Midwifery pathway)
* Clinical Issues in Palliative Care (Palliative Care pathway)
* Challenges in Pain Management (Palliative Care pathway)

Minimum of two years' professional practice including recent experience in the area of special interest. Specialist practice NMC award students will require a first degree or equivalent. All candidates are invited to attend an interview. Non-graduates should submit an entrance essay.If your first language is not English, we will require some evidence of your proficiency in the English language. Applicants must be able to demonstrate an ability to understand and express themselves in both written and spoken English. You may be required to take an approved proficiency test examination and/or attend a course of English language study before admission.The following qualifications/tests are suitable as evidence that you meet our minimum level of competence: * Cambridge Proficiency Examination (Grade C) * GCSE/GCE Ordinary Level in English (Grade C) * International English Language Testing System (IELTS) (Band 6) * NEAB Test in English * Test in English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) (score of 550 on the paper-based test or 213 on the computer-based test) * AEB Test in English for Educational Purposes (Grade III) English Language Requirements CAE score: (read more) Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) is part of the Cambridge English suite and is targeted at a high level (IETLS 6.5-8.0). It is an international English language exam set at the right level for academic and professional success. Developed by Cambridge English Language Assessment - part of the University of Cambridge - it helps you stand out from the crowd as a high achiever. 60 (Grade C)