Demonstrating Competency at Advanced Levels of Practice

Academic award SCOTCAT award Academic status Course length This module forms part of the Specialist Practitioner Qualification. It can also be taken as part of the MSc Advanced Practice as an option or stand-alone module. 30 points at Level 11 (Masters) Postgraduate 300 hours of student effort (including assessment)

Academic School:

School of Nursing & Midwifery

How to apply:

Apply using the Nursing & Midwifery Taught Postgraduate Application Form, download in Word format

Fees:

Academic Year Home/EU Overseas LMC * 2011-12 £360 per 15 credit module, £720 per 30 credit module, £1,440 per 60 credit module, plus £1,150 for dissertation £925 per 15 credit module, £1,850 per 30 credit module, £3,700 per 60 credit module, plus £2,600 for dissertation £465 per 15 credit module, £925 per 30 credit module, £1,850 per 60 credit module, plus £1,300 for dissertation 2012-13 £380 per 15 credit module, £490 per 20 credit module, £760 per 30 credit module, plus £1,200 for dissertation £1,940 per 30 credit module plus £2,730 for dissertation to be confirmed 2013-14 to be confirmed   to be confirmed For more information on fees, visit the School of Nursing & Midwifery website. * LMC = low & middle income countries

Overview

The module provides a supportive learning environment that will stimulate, enlighten, and empower students to demonstrate emancipatory thinking, so that the student integrates research, learning and experience to demonstrate their development of a higher or advanced nursing practitioner role. It encourages students to analyse the concepts of practice expertise, research, reflection and clinical supervision, and in doing so, to explore, analyse and demonstrate their own practice at an advanced level.

Students are usually registered nurses actively employed in the field of Infection Control, Infectious Diseases, Health Protection or, in a specialty within adult nursing.

Aims of the Module

• To provide a supportive learning environment that will stimulate, enlighten, and empower students to demonstrate emancipatory thinking, so that the student integrates research, learning and experience to demonstrate their development of higher or advanced nursing practitioner role.
• To encourage students to analyse the concepts of practice expertise, research, reflection and clinical supervision.
• To enable students to explore, analyse and demonstrate their own practice using reflection to generate and synthesis new higher level practice insight.

Teaching & Assessment

This module is delivered entirely online through MyDundee (the University virtual learning environment). All materials are provided through this medium. E-learning offers students easy access to web resources and documents needed for their studies, as well as facilitating discussions and the exchange of ideas with fellow students and tutors. Anyone with access to the internet and basic IT skills will be able to use MyDundee.

The online activities will assist the students with the summative assessment and to develop a folder of evidence of practice at specialist practice level.

A variety of assessment methods, utilising online discussion and group work and reflective essays will be used in this module.  This mixed assessment will develop the student's cognitive abilities, communication, writing and team working skills. The student will submit two pieces of written work and a reflective folder of evidence of learning and practice at higher/advanced practice level.  A mentor's report which verifies students' performance, is submitted with the folder of evidence.

Entry Requirements

You should be educated to relevant first degree level or equivalent. Students are required to have access to a computer with broadband internet access.

Additionally students must have been in post for a minimum of one year, have evidence of theoretical underpinning for their particular area of clinical practice, at levels 9/10/11, or equivalent.

Students must also arrange for a mentor who is a recognised specialist or advanced practitioner to support them.

English Language Requirement: IELTS of 6.0 (or equivalent), if your first language is not English. Please check our Language Requirements page for details of equivalent grades from other test providers, and information about the University of Dundee English Language courses.

Contact

Lee Bracher

Tel: +44 (0) 1382 386606
Fax: +44 (0) 1382 631981

Email:e.c.bracher@dundee.ac.uk