This Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice provides an academic underpinning that meets the contemporary challenges of advanced clinical practice. This programme will enable you to practice with a high level of clinical autonomy in roles that require you to assess, diagnose, treat and manage the care of people with undifferentiated and/or complex clinical presentations. The MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Advanced Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practitioner) pathways will develop your knowledge and skills in relation to healthcare methods and practices, preparing you for a clinical practitioner role at an advanced level. In the advanced practitioner pathways you will: examine role development in relation to advanced practice (advanced nursing practice or advanced practice); explore how to meaningfully apply evidence to your field of practice; apply communication and clinical decision-making skills to your professional practice; undertake learning which enables you to develop new and/or enhanced clinical skills in relation to client health assessment, diagnostic reasoning and pharmacology; and demonstrate your clinical competence through simulated and practice based clinical assessment. Assessment methods include essays, case studies, examinations, Objective Structured Clinical Examination, practice based assessment, a clinical portfolio and the dissertation. You will also achieve PGDip award in this course.