Overview
This Advanced Assessment and Clinical Reasoning short course offered at the University of Surrey Develop the competency for advanced clinical reasoning, encompassing evidence-based practice, critical thinking, and ethical awareness, to enable the creation of holistic care plans and interventions for patients with diverse healthcare requirements.
Key facts
Participants will focus on analysis of information acquired from holistic advanced assessments, including the physical, social and psychological domains of health, and analysis of clinical investigations to inform care decisions.
They are empowered to participate in multi-professional dialogue, learning and working to support advancing their practice. This is achieved as module participants come from a range of healthcare professions, from across the life span.
Workplace based learning, supervision and assessments will provide advanced practice developmental opportunities within the participant’s clinical practice area.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Advanced practice
- Assessing and managing risk in complex situations
- Advanced clinical reasoning and decision making
- Legal and ethical issues, such as safety netting and health inequalities
- Holistic, patient centred, systems based advanced assessments across the lifespan
- Clinical tests and investigations, such as analysis of venous and arterial blood results, X-rays, ECG
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 8 days
Start dates & application deadlines
Language
Credits
Delivered
Campus Location
- Guildford, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Health Sciences View 449 other Short Courses in Health Sciences in United KingdomWhat students do after studying
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Students must hold a recognised healthcare professional qualification and current professional registration with NMC, HCPC, GPhC.
- Students must be employed within UK healthcare, in a clinical role appropriate for advanced practice development.
- All students must have access to an appropriate supervisor in the clinical workplace. The supervisor will have expertise in advanced consultations, history taking, advanced assessment skills, diagnostic skills, decision making skills and work-based supervision.
- The supervisor will be an experienced Doctor or advanced practitioner. If the supervisor is an advanced practitioner, they must have been working autonomously at advanced practice level for a minimum of three years.
- A minimum of 20 hours supervision, including completing assessments for the reflective clinical log is required.
Tuition Fees
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents1217 GBP / full≈ 1217 GBP / full -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents1217 GBP / full≈ 1217 GBP / full
Living costs
Guildford
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.