This advanced professional development course in Developing a Specialist Interest in Clinical Care gives you the opportunity to build a sought-after specialist knowledge and understanding in your chosen clinical specialism, through a varied and supportive programme of research and portfolio building.

Key information

Award:

AdvDip(CPD)

Mode of Study:

Part-time

Duration:

15 weeks

Location:

University of Bolton

Start date:

To be confirmed

Course Details

The way we see it, the best clinicians build specialist knowledge on a broad base of knowledge and understanding. So this module is designed to help you achieve exactly that.

One person alone can’t hold the sheer volume of expert knowledge relating to the range of clinical disciplines in healthcare – or keep a handle on its continuous evolution. In acknowledgment of this simple fact, and in recognition that most people will naturally focus on a specific topic or specialism, we’ve designed this module to support you in developing in-depth knowledge and skills for a specific area of practice.

This means you can pin down and specify your preferred specialism, and then undertake agreed research into the knowledge and skills that you’ll need to advance your expertise. Ultimately, to achieve this qualification, you’ll present a portfolio that shows how you’ve achieved your stated objectives.

Highlights

As you study this course, we’ll encourage you to develop the skills, values and behaviours that are reflective in current health and social care practice. These include action planning, personal impact and confidence, self-awareness, social and ethical responsibility, respect, and commitment to quality.
Our dedicated academic team brings extensive health and social care experience to the course content. Along with their passion for service excellence in health and social care settings, they’re also currently engaged in highly relevant research, which means they can add valuable context and insight to your learning.
The course is part of a professional development framework, and you can use the credits you’ll gain by completing the course successfully towards the MSc Clinical Practice.
The course is designed to provide the flexibility to fit in with busy home and working lives.

Key Features

The University of Bolton has been offering high-quality courses designed to meet the health and social care sector’s needs for over 30 years, so we have the knowledge and experience to anticipate and respond to changes in the health and social care sector.
Our teaching team are inter-professional which reflects the roles within the health and social care arena and enriches student experience.
Our courses and programmes respond directly to the requirements of the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF), which is at the heart of the career and pay progression aspect of Agenda for Change.
We review the course curriculum regularly to ensure we include and apply relevant health and social care theories and policies.
We review the course curriculum regularly to ensure we include and apply contemporary theories.

You must have an appropriate healthcare related qualification; for example, registered nurse, allied health professional, pharmacist or paramedic.
You’ll be working as a senior/advanced level practitioner within your workplace and have the ability and influence to develop improvements in your practice area.
You may be required to attend an interview and/or provide a portfolio of work.
If English isn’t your first language, you’ll also need IELTS 7.0 with normally no less than 6.5 in any band (or equivalent). We also accept a range of other English language qualifications – please visit our English Language Requirements web page for more details.

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.

Course fees

Home students starting this course in the first year will be required to pay a Home fee of £800 for the academic year 2022/23.

Overseas students starting this course in the first year will be required to pay a Overseas fee of £1,440 for the academic year 2022/23.

Important note regarding tuition fees for the 2022-2023 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 eligibility 2022-2023 policy 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.

Bursaries

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

For details of how to apply for this course, please choose your status from the options below:

Call Admissions

Please contact Admissions by telephone on 01204 903903 or email enquiries@bolton.ac.uk

Admissions
University of Bolton
Deane Road
Bolton, BL3 5AB
United Kingdom

Tel: 01204 903903
Email: enquiries@bolton.ac.uk

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.

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