As a cornerstone of advanced clinical practice and as an autonomous practitioner the module will equip you with the advanced knowledge base, expertise, skills and behaviours to undertake both comprehensive clinical history taking and skilled physical assessments covering the major systems such as cardiovascular, respiratory, abdominal, neurological, and muscular-skeletal to enable the demonstration of competent, effective and evidence-based patient care decisions.
Postgraduate Credit Health Assessment for Advanced Clinical Practice
The advanced health assessment module is designed for practising healthcare professionals who are preparing for advanced clinical practice.
The advanced health assessment module is designed for practising healthcare professionals who are preparing for advanced clinical practice.
Why choose this course?
What happens on the course?
The module will use a combination of taught / practical teaching sessions as the learning and teaching strategies, incorporating:
- Demonstration and practising of clinical examination skills.
- Direct student-managed learning using learning materials introduced in lectures or case studies or via CANVAS, and supported through learning group work.
- OSCE preparation for the practical aspect of the module assessment.
* Students are required to undertake supervised clinical practice learning throughout this module as well as attending for taught sessions. This clinical based learning enables the opportunity to practice and develop the health assessment skills taught during the module. Students must provide evidence that they have regularly completed supervised clinical practice learning during the module's occurrence via submission of their clinical practice learning journal.
Placements on the course
Not applicable on this course.
Employability on the course
Not applicable on this course.
Course Modules
Additional Information
Everything you need to know about this course!
You will be able to demonstrate advanced understanding and application of consultation skills and assessment frameworks when conducting a comprehensive history-taking and complex health assessment.
Demonstrate the breadth of knowledge, skills and behaviours required as an advanced clinical practitioner when undertaking a physical examination applying the principles of inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation across the major body systems.
Using a systematic approach demonstrates the ability to distinguish, articulate and justify from the available data any normal and abnormal findings within the assessment to make a professional autonomous clinical decision when formulating a collaborative plan of care.
Demonstrate competency and understanding as an advanced clinical practitioner in assessing undifferentiated conditions and formulating management plans for presentations within clinical practice under the supervision of the clinical supervisor
Postgraduate Loyalty Discount:
You can get 20% discount on a taught postgraduate course if you’re a University of Wolverhampton Graduate.
The University offers a generous 20% Loyalty Discount to students progressing from an undergraduate programme to a taught postgraduate on-site programme, where both courses are University of Wolverhampton Awards.
There is no time limit on how long ago you completed your degree as long as this is your first Masters level qualification.
The discount applies to the first year of enrolment only. Students who receive a loyalty discount are not entitled to any further tuition discount or bursary. For full terms and conditions click here.
Self-funded:
If you are paying for the fees yourself then the fees can be paid in 3 instalments: November, January and April. More information can be found by clicking here.
Sponsored - Your employer, embassy or organisation can pay for your Tuition fees:
Your employer, embassy or organisation agrees to pay all or part of your tuition fees; the University will refer to them as your sponsor and will invoice them for the appropriate amount.
We must receive notification of sponsorship in writing as soon as possible, and before enrolment, confirming that the sponsor will pay your tuition fees.
Financial Hardship:
Students can apply to the Dennis Turner Opportunity Fund for help with course related costs however this cannot be used for fees or to cover general living costs.
Charitable Funding:
You might also want to explore the possibility of funding from charitable trusts. Please contact Association of Charitable Foundations, Directory of Social Change or Family Aid. Most charities and trust funds offer limited bursaries targeted to specific groups of students so you will need to research whether any of them are relevant to your situation.
You can find more information on the University’s Funding, cost, fee and support pages.