Managing Clinical Complexity in Children and Young People

Program Overview

Managing Clinical Complexity in Children and Young People

Course Overview

Delivered by Great Ormond Street Hospital Learning Academy (GLA), this 15-credit module aims to build upon previously acquired knowledge, skills, and behaviours to demonstrate capabilities in managing the assessment, diagnostic and clinical management processes in the context of complexity, uncertainty, and risk, recognising their increasing levels of independent practice and accountability.

Programme Options

This module can only be taken as part of the Advanced Clinical Practice (Paediatrics and Child Health) MSc. It is not available as a standalone module.

Teaching

Active learning will allow students to learn via collaboration, cooperation, and peer-based learning. Activities may include interactive lectures, clinical skills demonstration and supervised practice, small group activities, case-based discussions, workshops and tutorials.

Synchronous and asynchronous learning and teaching activities are delivered via a combination of study days and digital strategies at local sites or online using the MyLearning.

Assessment

Formative assessment will be:

• LEADER work-based assessment
• Work-based learning portfolio
• Preparatory OSCA.

For the summative assessment, learners will:

• Complete an OSCA
• Submit a reflective essay.

Teaching Dates

Teaching will take place over a whole day. Face-to-Face teaching will take place either on or around the Great Ormond Street Hospital campus or at the Middlesex University West Stand at StoneX stadium. Exact locations for teaching days will be advised closer to the start date.

Learners are only expected to attend one of the available assessment dates.

Teaching Day | Dates | Type
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Teaching Day 1 | 09/10/2025 | Virtual
Teaching Day 2 | 16/10/2025 | Virtual
Teaching Day 3 | 23/10/2025 | Face-to-Face
Teaching Day 4 | 06/11/2025 | Virtual
Teaching Day 5 | 13/11/2025 | Virtual
Teaching Day 6 | 20/11/2025 | Virtual
Teaching Day 7 | 27/11/2025 | Face-to-Face
Assessment Day 1 | 08/01/2026 | Face-to-Face

Entry Requirements

To undertake this module, you must:

• Be enrolled in the Advanced Clinical Practice (Paediatrics and Child Health) MSc
• Have completed and passed the Physical Examination and Assessment of Children and Young People module, or an equivalent.
• Have completed and passed the Applied Clinical Physiology in Children and Young People module, or equivalent.

Fees and Funding

The fees below refer to the 2025/26 academic year unless otherwise stated.

Part-time learners: £64 per credit*

*Course fees are subject to annual inflation so the total costs for part time study are shown here as a guide.

Learners who withdraw from the module on or before the start date will likely be charged the full tuition fees.