Advanced Assessment and Clinical Reasoning
Key information
- Start date:
- 13 March 2024
- Attendance dates:
13, 27 March 2024
17 April 2024
01, 15, 29 May 2024
04 June 2024
- Venue:
- Kate Granger Building, 30 Priestley Road, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7YH
Depending on the subject and content, modules will be delivered via a combination of face to face and online.
- Some modules may be taught at: Stag Hill campus, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH
- Contact details:
- Post-registration Administration team
- Tel: +44 (0)1483 683576
- Email: postreg_admin@surrey.ac.uk
- Level
7 (postgraduate) - Credits
15 - Module code
NURM186
Module aims
This module aims to equip you with a knowledge and understanding of the concepts of advanced practice, building upon and developing your reasoning skills based upon a comprehensive physical, social and psychological assessment to inform your patient/client management.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:
- Act autonomously and responsibly when undertaking complex health assessments.
- Critically evaluate key concepts and debates related to advanced practice in contemporary healthcare delivery.
- Identify advanced concepts underlying theoretical assessment frameworks and use a range of assessment methods to communicate your findings to support your judgements and potential interventions.
- Analyse the importance of shared decision making within different healthcare settings.
- Be aware of your own capabilities in key assessment areas and engage in assessment development activity through guided self-reflection.
Course content
Indicative module content includes:
- Decision making theories and models
- Clinical reasoning
- Policy development
- Assessing and managing risk in complex situations
- Legal and ethical issues
- Systems based physical assessment across the lifespan
- Psycho social assessment
- Advanced practice.
Learning and teaching methods
For the 2023/24 curriculum, our PGT/CPD modules will continue to be delivered using hybrid learning. This means that depending on the subject and content of learning and teaching, modules will mainly be delivered via a combination of face to face and online delivery (both live and asynchronous), as this has worked really well for our practice-based colleagues. It is important to recognise the majority of modules contain face to face contact time and attendance at the University will be required.
Learning and teaching methods include:
- Lectures
- Discussion
- Workshops
- Work based learning
- Problem based learning
- Simulation learning
- E-Learning.
Assessment
- Reflective Clinical Log – including practice based assessments and a written critical reflection.
- OSCE
Course leader
Mark Stobbart
Senior Teaching Fellow
Reading list
Take a look at the module reading list.
Entry requirements
- To have completed the Health Assessment (Adult or Child) module, or equivalent, at level 6 or 7.
- Work based supervisor, 20 hours:
- The supervisor should have expertise in consultations, history taking, physical examination skills, diagnostic skills, decision making skills and work-based supervision. It is likely that the supervisor will be an experienced Doctor or advanced practitioner with expertise in advanced assessment, diagnostic and reasoning skills. If the supervisor is an advanced practitioner, they must have been working at advanced practice level for a minimum of three years post qualification.
- Professional registration as a healthcare professional:
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- Working in health and social care.
Fees and funding
£1,217
How to apply
Please download and fill in an application form.
Please note:
- Applications close on 31 January 2024 or earlier if we reach a maximum number of applications. If we still have spaces on the course, we may extend the application deadline date.
- It is important to ensure that you complete all sections and answer all questions, incomplete forms will cause a delay and may result in you missing out on an available place.
- If you are registered on a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course then you will need to complete an application form for each CPD module you wish to apply for.
Send your completed application to postreg_admin@surrey.ac.uk.
Terms and conditions
When you accept an offer of a place at the University of Surrey, you are agreeing to comply with our policies and regulations and our terms and conditions. You are also confirming you have read and understood the University's prospective student privacy notice.
If your sponsoring healthcare provider is funding you for this module, by submitting an application you agree to allow all information regarding your module (for example your exam results) to be shared with the sponsoring provider.
Cancellation policy
If you withdraw less than seven days before the module commences or do not attend on the first day (without informing the module administrator) the full cost of the module will be charged. Withdrawals after the module commences will also be charged.
Module availability
Places are confirmed approximately one month before the module start date. Please note that modules may be subject to teaching availability, student demand and/or class size caps.
Disclaimer
Modules listed are indicative, reflecting the information available at the time of publication. The University of Surrey has used its reasonable efforts to ensure that the information is accurate at the time of publishing, but changes (for example to module content) may occur given the interval between publishing and commencement of the module. It is therefore very important to check this website for any updates before you apply for a module with us. Read the full disclaimer.
Course location and contact details
Campus location
Kate Granger BuildingOur Medicine (Graduate Entry) BMBS degree, nursing and midwifery, and health science courses are taught at the Kate Granger Building (30 Priestley Road), on the Surrey Research Park.
Additional information
Depending on the subject and content of learning and teaching, modules will mainly be delivered via a combination of face-to-face and online.
Some modules may be taught at: Stag Hill campus, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH.
- Email: postreg_admin@surrey.ac.uk
- Phone: +44 (0)1483 683576
University of Surrey
Guildford
Surrey GU2 7XH