MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Paediatrics)

Fees for entry in 2027 have not yet been set. For reference, the fees for the academic year beginning September 2026 were as follows:

• MSc (part-time)
  UK students (per annum): £4,800

The fees quoted above are fully inclusive of tuition, administration and computational costs.

Fees for entry are subject to yearly review. The University reserves the right to increase your tuition fee by up to 7% each year for courses lasting more than one year, including to reflect rising costs associated with delivering our educational and wider student experience. Postgraduate fees information .

Always contact the admissions team if you are unsure which fee applies to your qualification award and method of attendance.

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

• Critically analyse, synthesise and develop a systematic understanding of key concepts and theories related to history taking, assessment  and clinical decision making
• Apply in-depth knowledge, understanding and comprehension of paediatric anatomy and physiology, including embryological development and its relationship to congenitally acquired anomalies, to their advancing clinical practice.
• Develop expert understanding of the ways in which illness affects the child and young person

• Critically evaluate  current health care practice as a health care practitioner to improve  the quality of health and social care delivered to children, young people and their families.
• Identify and critically appraise information from a variety of sources to develop a coherent critical evaluation of issues relating to advanced healthcare practice
• Analyse clinical findings to derive appropriate differential diagnosis to   decide on relevant diagnostic testing.
• Develop a deeper insight into the significance of   laboratory information and radiological findings to confirm/refute clinical diagnosis and guide further clinical management.
• Develop a robust management plan which is current, evidence based and within practice guidelines and articulate this plan to a wide multidisciplinary team.
• Recognise and distinguish the unique and individual health needs and concerns of children with complex care issues and sensitively manage expectations of parents/carers, making appropriate referrals to external agencies as required
• Demonstrate initiative in analysing problems and critically evaluates current practice   
• Recognise how their practice enables the safeguarding of children and young people in their care

• Demonstrate competence in a range of practical procedures relating to their clinical field of practice within the limits of their professional codes and limits of competence.
• Ability to Take a thorough medical, social and family history appropriate to the presenting complaint
• Complete a thorough top-to-toe paediatric clinical examination, correctly identify and interpret clinical signs, document finding.
• Integrate health assessment and promotion into consultations and practice
   

• Critically reflect on own academic  and clinical performance and utilize a range of strategies to improve these and overcome challenges
• Further develop and enhance skills in advanced communication to a range of audiences in a variety of settings
• Demonstrate effective multiagency and professional working in classroom and clinical practice
• Utilise skills in systematic and creative approaches to problem-solving and decision-making in relation to complex clinical and non-clinical issues to advance clinical practice in relation to their own professional group
• Act professionally at all times  and be able to recognise the boundaries and limits to their own practice 

Pass/fail and students must pass both OSCE stations to pass this element

Students will normally have the opportunity to receive feedback on formative work submitted prior to the summative assessment. Other feedback opportunities will also be available in class and online discussion boards. Online feedback is provided in Grademark. Provisional feedback based on internal marking will be made available prior to the Exam Board on the basis that these marks are yet to be ratified at the Exam Board and therefore may be subject to change. A standard feedback mechanism in Grademark is utilised across all postgraduate programmes within the School which provides detailed and constructive feedback on each component and aspect of assessment and identifies areas of strength and those aspects which could be enhanced.

Student feedback is obtained through open discussion forums on blackboard, in class discussions, via formal University unit evaluation forms and also qualitative, in house evaluations at the end of the unit.