This module is suitable for a wide range of healthcare professionals as a stand alone module as part of the PGCert Enhanced Clinical Practitioner course or the Professional Development Framework.
This module is part of the University’s Enhanced Clinical Practitioner PGCert course. You will study alongside other students on these courses. The module is also part of the Professional Development MA/MSc course - a flexible course that you help design to take your career to the next level.
Overview
This module will provide multi-professional enhanced practitioners working in health and social care in a variety of different specialties with the opportunity to develop skills in clinical reasoning and decision making in order to make a safe and accurate differential diagnosis in their specialist area and scope of practice.
The intended learning outcomes of the module are:
- Demonstrate appropriate clinical and diagnostic reasoning skills in their scope of practice as an enhanced clinical practitioner;
- Critically analyse and accurately interpret investigation results in order to make a safe differential diagnosis within their scope of practice;
- Critically analyse the application of the major decision-making theories to clinical consultations;
- Rationalise and discuss the management of risk including human factors and uncertainty within their scope of practice.
Indicative content includes, decision making theories, fctors influencing clinical decision making, clinical decision making tools, clinical reasoning and interpretation of a range of clinical investigation.
Career benefits
Clninical Reasoning for Enhanced Practice will enable you to develop your clinical professional knowledge and expertise within your sphere of practice.
Examples of Graduate Attributes that aligned to this module include:
- Reflective and resilient lifelong learning, including the ability to develop skills in critical reflection through the module teaching, learning and assessment activities
- Problem Solving, through clinical reasoning and analysis to aid solving problems in complex situations.
Achievement of the module and these key attributes within the Post Graduate Framework at masters level will provide potential for career development and progression within a variety of healthcare settings.
Module delivery
Students will be taught by a teaching team whose expertise and knowledge are closely matched to the content of the modules on the course.
A highly blended and flexible approach is taken to teaching and learning which consists of the following:
- 36 hours of online teaching
- 72 hours of directed and independent study
- 42 hours of preparation for assessment
On a typical day online day, contact time will be structured around:
- Flipped classroom
- Lead lecture available via the VLE (BlackBoard Ultra)
- Virtual workshops, seminars, or tutorials
- Asynchronous online discussion forum
The summative module assessment consists of a case-based presentation. During formative assessment students will have the opportunity to gain peer and tutor feedback/feedforward in the development of the assessment.
Entry requirements
Applicants must hold an existing professionally regulated qualification e.g., NMC/HCPC.
In addition, applicants must hold a lower second-class honours degree (2:2) in a health-related subject or an overseas equivalent OR Qualification and experience considered to be equivalent to the above.
Any questions?
If you have any questions about entry requirements, please call our Admissions Office on 01905 855111 or email admissions@worc.ac.uk.
Contact
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