AdvDip(CPD) Soft Tissue and Joint Injection Therapy (HE7)
Course Overview
This stand-alone professional development module focuses on developing your knowledge, advanced reasoning and practical skills relating to the use of joint and soft tissue injections in the management of musculoskeletal disorders. It's ideal for the health care professional working in a musculoskeletal setting in a hospital or primary care.Our experienced and knowledgeable team includes senior faculty members from our physiotherapy and advanced clinical practice teams, along with medical and physiotherapy clinicians who use injection therapy in their daily practice.
Highlights
- Our dedicated academic team brings extensive health and social care experience to the course content. Along with their passion for service excellence in clinical practice 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 designed to fit your work-life balance.
- As you study this course, we'll encourage you to develop your skills, values and behaviours. These include action planning, personal impact and confidence, self-awareness, social and ethical responsibility, problem-solving, initiative and communication skills.
- Assessment strategies are varied and include a personal development portfolio, poster presentation, and coursework.
- Throughout the course, there are opportunities for extensive academic support, including tutorials and formative submissions for assignment feedback, and wider support from core University services if required, such as the library, disability services and study skills sessions.
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 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 compliance with regulatory and professional guidance and standards, as well as evidence-based practice and contemporary techniques.
- When you successfully complete this course, you'll receive the award of Advanced Diploma of Continuing Professional Development in Soft Tissue and Joint Injection Therapy worth 20 credits at Level HE7.
Entry Requirements
- You must hold a relevant first degree and be a health professional registered with a relevant professional body; for example, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or General Medical Council (GMC).
- You must currently be working in a musculoskeletal (MSK) setting and be able to demonstrate at least three years of MSK experience post-qualifying.
- You must have an approved supervisor who is an injection practitioner.
- 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.
- 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 musculoskeletal practice.
Fees & Funding
Home/EU Fees
No fee information is currently available, please contact the University of Bolton’s Academic Fees team by emailing AcademicFees@bolton.ac.uk for more information.
International Fees
No fee information is currently available, please contact the University of Bolton’s Academic Fees team by emailing AcademicFees@bolton.ac.uk for more information.
Important note regarding tuition fees for the 2025-26 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
Course application details are unavailable at present
International Applicants
Course application details are unavailable at present
Partner Organisation Applicants
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Teaching & Assessment
Our experienced and knowledgeable team will deliver the theory using a blended learning approach. Sessions will cover core knowledge and skills required for injection therapy. They will take place face-to-face, in class, online, and in dedicated simulation suites. You'll undertake extensive learning and development in the clinical area, with supervision and support from clinical experts. In addition to engaging with timetabled sessions, we'll expect you to undertake self-directed study, build a portfolio of evidence demonstrating continuing professional development, and consolidate the knowledge, skills, and behaviours you've gained in the classroom.
Formative assessment will support your learning but does not contribute to your final mark. You'll receive feedback from your tutors and peers, allowing you to reflect on your progress and identify what you are doing well and where you may need additional support. Summative assessment will involve a poster and presentation, an essay and a personal development portfolio of supervised injections in clinical practice. These elements will contribute to your final module mark.
Please be aware that you'll require the supervision of an appropriately trained and qualified clinical supervisor throughout the course to contribute to the assessment process and facilitate your practice learning.
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.
