Program Overview

Course Overview

This module enriches your practice in many ways, greatly enhancing your patient assessments, giving you underpinning knowledge, and improving your confidence and competence when undertaking clinical examinations.

Course Details

What You Study

• Anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology as applied to the diagnostic process.
• Each system is taught separately.
• Practice-based supervision will develop your application of clinical skills in the practice setting, which is supported with a practice workbook.

How You Learn

• Lectures and skills demonstration videos will develop your knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology as applied to the diagnostic process.
• Practice-based supervision develops your application of clinical skills in the practice setting.
• A practice workbook is used following a systems approach to enhance learning, and our online learning environment supports interactive online learning.

How You Are Assessed

• There are two components:
  • Practice: An examination of three systems from the workbook - respiratory, abdomen, and a system of your choice. This allows you to tailor your learning to your practice area and is assessed by your practice supervisor.
  • Theory: A 90-minute online examination which comprises 30 multiple-choice questions based on the entire module content.

Entry Requirements

• The module is open to all registered healthcare professionals.
• For patient safety reasons, you must be a practitioner currently employed in an area of practice in a clinical role requiring a level of autonomy in diagnostics and case management, with appropriate access to advanced practitioners.

Part-time Entry

• Fee for applicants: £772.50
• Limited funded places available
• Length: 14 weeks
• 100% online
• Start date: October, November, January, April, May, and June
• Level: Degree
• Credits: 20

Service User and Carer Involvement

• Service users and carers support all aspects of our students' lifecycle from recruitment to graduation.