Consolidating Advanced Practice

Following completion of clinically based advanced practice education, continuous professional development (CPD) for practitioners is essential in order to consolidate learning, maintain competency and further develop clinical examination and decision making skills.

This individually negotiated module will meet the education and service requirements of advanced practitioners within Trusts where advanced clinical decision making, assessment and examination skills are required and helps support the consolidation of learning in this field of practice.

For further information, please contact the programme lead, Donna Brewster d.brewster@derby.ac.uk. 

Course team

• Dr Gerri Mortimer - Lecturer Advanced Practice, Independent Prescriber and Advanced Nurse Practitioner
• Donna Brewster - Lecturer Advanced Practice, Independent Prescriber and Advanced Nurse Practitioner
• Helen Johnson - Lecturer Advanced Practice, Independent Prescriber and Advanced Nurse Practitioner

On completion of this course you should be able to:

• Through reflective practice critically analyse clinical case based discussions (CBD)  demonstrate enhanced professional/clinical knowledge to solve complex , unfamiliar and unpredictable problems that present whilst working across professional and organisational boundaries
• Demonstrate synthesis of relevant supporting evidence to enhance established in- depth knowledge and competence in the clinical decision making process.
• Consolidate upon and augment advanced clinical skills, whilst demonstrating in-depth knowledge of theoretical and professional issues relating to clinical governance, clinical competence and the provision of safe practice, under the scrutiny and critical appraisal of experts in the field. 

If you are funding your own study, the module price will be confirmed shortly.

For more information on payment options, please contact our Student Records and Fees team by phone on +44 (0)1332 591063 or email at studentrecordsandfees@derby.ac.uk.

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Minimum numbers

Please note that this course is subject to minimum numbers in order to run.