This multiprofessional module is aimed at experienced healthcare professionals wanting to develop or build on their current clinical skills and knowledge in order to meet the needs of their patient/client group in a variety of clinical settings. Students will be required to participate in structured work-based learning to advance their clinical skills and therefore, all students will require a suitably qualified supervisor in practice.
This module is intended to allow and support the students to identify key learning needs in relation to the clinical skills required by their area of practice and within their scope of practice enabling a bespoke learning experience.
The student will be supported to develop a detailed Personal Development Plan which will identify the skills to be developed and how this will be achieved through experiential learning in the workplace.
The module will be delivered mainly using work-based learning supported by the module staff and the supervisor who will meet at points throughout the module to monitor the learner’s progress.
Much of the learning on the module will be student led and take place in the learner’s clinical site.
This module will be assessed by a 2500-word Personal Development Plan and a completed clinical competency tool.
Active learning will take place during work based learning as the learner will be required to reflect and collaborate in the development of their own knowledge and clinical skills through experiential learning.
Learners will also effectively utilise digital platforms to link and communicate with the academic environment whilst working remotely in the clinical environment via the University of Liverpool VLE for support with their learning.
Assessment of practical clinical skills in the clinical environment will ensure authentic assessment whilst enabling confidence building for Advanced Clinical Practitioners. There will be opportunities for both formative feedback prior to the summative assessment which will provide the opportunity for personal development and to build confidence through assessment.
Students will be required to consider the local and global perspectives related to the clinical skill identified whilst delivering inclusive health and social care to a diverse population.
Students will be informed that, in exceptional circumstances (e.g. global pandemics), plans for assessment may be subject to change. Contact will be made via the VLE and an e-mail will be sent to each of the students informing them of any changes that prove to be necessary. The Health and Life Sciences FAQSC will be informed in advance of any such changes, so that approval can be given.