Enhanced Professional Practice, PGDip

Program Overview

The Enhanced Professional Practice Postgraduate Diploma at Greenwich University is a two-year program designed to consolidate advanced practice skills for graduates in health and related disciplines. Students choose from a range of specializations in year one, then complete core modules in research and elective modules in advanced clinical practice, leadership, or other areas in year two. The program provides a pathway to the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice and enhances career opportunities for graduates in health, social care, and allied health fields.

Program Outline

Enhanced Professional Practice, PGDip - University of Greenwich

Degree Overview:

This Postgraduate Diploma in Enhanced Professional Practice is designed for graduates in health, social care, and allied health disciplines. It aims to consolidate enhanced and professional practice for qualified individuals. The PGDip is structured over two years, with 120 credits. Students can transfer up to 60 credits through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and enter directly into year two. The second year of the program is identical to the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice, allowing students to transition to that program if desired.

Objectives:

The program aims to:

• Consolidate enhanced and professional practice for graduates in health, social care, and allied health disciplines.
• Equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary for advanced practice in their chosen field.

Outline:

Year 1:

• Option Sets: Students choose 60 credits from each of seven option sets, covering a wide range of specializations.
• Option Set 1: Intensive Care (Step 2 & 3)
• Option Set 2:
A Portfolio of Innovative Practice, Promoting Sexual Health, Contemporary Issues in Sexual Health, Advanced Practice in HIV
• Option Set 3:
Examination of the Newborn, A Portfolio of Innovative Practice
• Option Set 4:
Advanced Assessing and Formulation in Mental Health, A Portfolio of Innovative Practice
• Option Set 5:
Long Term Conditions: Management, Enhanced Clinical Assessment Skills, Diabetes - Care and Management, Respiratory Care Course, Pain Management, Developing Autonomous Practice in Urgent Care, A Portfolio of Innovative Practice
• Option Set 6:
Work Based Learning One, Paramedic First Contact Practitioner – Advanced Clinical Assessment, Paramedic First Contact Practitioner – Leading and Managing Complexity
• Option Set 7:
Fundamentals of General Practice Nursing (L6 & L7), Advances in General Practice Nursing, Long Term Conditions: Management, Enhanced Clinical Assessment Skills, Diabetes - Care and Management, Respiratory Care Course, Developing Autonomous Practice in Urgent Care

Year 2:

• Compulsory Modules:
• Enquiry Skills for Research in Health and Care Practice (20 credits)
• Elective Modules: Students choose 40 credits from the following options:
• Advanced Leadership and Management (40 credits)
• Long Term Condition Management in General Practice (40 credits)
• Advanced Clinical Practice through Work Based Learning (40 credits)
• Non-Medical Prescribing (40 credits)

Assessment:

• Assessment Methods: The program utilizes a variety of assessment methods, including:
• Presentations
• Written assignments
• Exams
• Practice assessment documents

Teaching:

• Teaching Methods: The program incorporates a range of teaching methods, including:
• Lectures
• Seminars
• Workshops
• Case studies
• Group work
• Self-directed learning

Careers:

• Career Paths: The program prepares graduates for advanced practice roles in health, social care, and related sectors.
• Opportunities: Graduates are well-positioned for promotion and advancement in their chosen fields, including:
• Advanced practice roles
• Leadership and management positions
• Research and development opportunities

Other:

• Program Highlights:
• The program is truly innovative in enhanced professional practice.
• It maps across to HEE’s requirements for enhanced practice, a precursor to studying the Advanced Clinical Practice pathway.
• It is open to non-clinical professionals, such as those in health promotion, commissioning, welfare, and social care.
• The 120 credits can be used towards the final 60 credits for the top-up MA Health Care Practice.
• The second year is identical to the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice, allowing students to move sideways onto that program and be exempt from repeating the middle year.

| --- | --- | --- | --- | | Full time | N/A | N/A | N/A | | Part time | Part time | September | £1,850 per 30 credits | | Distance learning | N/A | N/A | N/A | | Home | N/A | N/A | N/A | | International | N/A | N/A | £1,850 per 30 credits |