PGCert Paediatric Enhanced Clinical Practice (Specialism)
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-09-01 | - |
| 2025-01-01 | - |
Program Overview
The PGCert Paediatric Enhanced Clinical Practice (Specialism) is a one-year part-time program offered at Great Ormond Street Hospital. It aims to support healthcare professionals in advancing their practice and developing the skills and knowledge required for enhanced level practice. The program emphasizes work-based learning and provides a tailored pathway for practitioners to demonstrate academic qualifications, competence, and capabilities in their chosen field. Successful graduates will earn the professional title of Enhanced Clinical Practitioner and be equipped to manage a discrete aspect of a patient's care within a defined area of practice.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
Overview:
The PGCert Paediatric Enhanced Clinical Practice (Specialism) is a one-year part-time program offered at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in collaboration with the accredited higher education partner. This program aims to support healthcare professionals in advancing their practice and developing the skills and knowledge required for enhanced level practice.
Objectives:
- Support the development of skills and knowledge for enhanced level practice.
- Provide a tailored pathway emphasizing work-based learning.
- Enable practitioners to demonstrate academic qualifications, competence, and capabilities in their chosen field.
- Equip practitioners to manage a discrete aspect of a patient's care within a defined area of practice.
- Support the delivery of high-quality, safe, effective patient care.
- Facilitate the initiation and implementation of innovative, person-centered improvements for patient and service outcomes.
Program Description:
This program is ideal for healthcare professionals from a wide range of paediatric and child health professions and settings. By completing the program and transforming their role, successful graduates will:
- Manage a discrete patient care aspect within a defined practice area.
- Deliver high-quality, safe, and effective patient care.
- Initiate and implement innovative, person-centered improvements for patients and service outcomes.
- Earn the professional title of Enhanced Clinical Practitioner.
- Demonstrate capabilities in the four domains of Advanced Clinical Practice.
- Acquire a range of advanced level skills for career progression or masters-level studies.
- Develop knowledge and expertise to share across local, national, and international arenas.
- Act as supervisors for other practitioner levels.
- Build personal reputation and expertise within the professional field.
Other:
- The program emphasizes recognition of prior learning wherever it takes place.
- A unique personal tutoring system is adopted to help students reach their full potential.
- Course intakes are twice a year in January and September.
Outline:
Program Structure:
- Part-time duration: 1 year
- Course start: January or September
- Location: Great Ormond Street Hospital
Curriculum:
The program consists of four modules:
- Physical examination and assessment of children & young people (15 credits)
- Description: Develop and apply skills and knowledge for independent physical examination and assessment of children and young people (up to 18 years).
- Applied clinical physiology of children & young people (15 credits)
- Description: Develop fundamental medical science knowledge to explain and describe normal, altered, and extreme physiological states in children and young people.
- Diagnosing and managing common clinical presentations in children & young people (15 credits)
- Description: Build upon existing knowledge and skills in holistic assessment, anatomy, and physiology to develop an evidence-based approach to diagnostic and clinical management processes.
- Service development and quality improvement (15 credits)
- Description: Develop leadership knowledge and skills within your area of expertise to take the lead in service development and quality enhancement.
Assessment:
Assessment Methods:
To gauge knowledge and skills for enhanced level practice and HEE/RCPCH Advanced Clinical Practice, the program utilizes various assessment methods, informed by University and School Assessment Strategies, which may include:
- Reflection on practice
- Oral presentations of case studies
- Presentations
- Portfolios
- OSCAs
- Reports
- Clinical audits/evaluation
- Research/project proposals
Assessment Criteria:
- Assessments are designed to evaluate students' understanding, application, and analysis of theoretical and practical knowledge related to advanced clinical practice at the enhanced level.
- Criteria may vary depending on module type and focus.
Teaching:
Teaching Methods:
The program employs a student-centered approach to facilitate mastery of knowledge and understanding of the professional practice area. Each module utilizes a variety of teaching and learning strategies:
- Tutor-led sessions: Seminars, lab sessions, demonstrations
- Student-led sessions: Small group work
- Online sessions: Kaltura, Zoom
- Independent study: Readings, research
Faculty:
An experienced teaching team with diverse expertise and professional experience delivers the program:
- Specialist lecturers
- Clinicians
- Researchers
Unique Practices:
The program incorporates a strong emphasis on work-based learning through:
- Individualized learning pathways tailored to each student's professional background and goals.
- Clinical supervision and practical experience in the workplace.
- Opportunities to apply newly acquired knowledge and skills in daily practice.
Careers:
Career Benefits:
Successful completion of the program leads to the professional title of Enhanced Clinical Practitioner, enhancing career opportunities and benefits, including:
- Increased employability and career progression within the chosen field.
- Eligibility for advanced clinical practice roles with greater responsibility and autonomy.
- Improved earning potential and career advancement pathways.
- Enhanced opportunity to contribute to the development of innovative services and practices within healthcare.
Other:
- The program is suitable for healthcare professionals from diverse paediatric and child health professions and settings.
- The focus on work-based learning allows direct application of newfound knowledge and skills in the workplace.
