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Advanced Work Based Skills - Therapeutic Interventions
Key information
Course Leader: Lucy Whelan (l.whelan2@herts.ac.uk)
Level: 7
Credits: 15
Mode of delivery: Face to Face
Learner Hours: Scheduled Hours 20, Independent Hours 130
Available places: 40
Dates
- 20/05/2027
Fees and Funding
£945.00
The price quoted above is for a 15 credit module in the 2026/27 academic year and applies to students who are assessed as Home fee payers ONLY. Fees will differ for students assessed as Overseas fee payers. Fee assessment decisions follow UKCISA (UK Council for International Student Affairs) guidance, which is based on UK law and government regulations. Further information on who will pay Home or Overseas tuition fees can be found here: https://ask.herts.ac.uk/will-i-pay-home-or-international-tuition-fees
Once confirmed, a student’s fee status will normally remain the same for the duration of their course. However, information regarding fee reassessment is available here: https://ask.herts.ac.uk/will-i-pay-home-or-international-tuition-fees#FeeReassessment
Eligible students may be able to apply for a Postgraduate Student Loan. Please note that to access this funding, you must enrol on the full MSc programme; funding is not available for individual modules or interim awards (for example, a Postgraduate Diploma). Further information is available at: https://www.gov.uk/masters-loan
Further details, including tuition fee amounts, fee policy and payment deadlines, can be found here : https://www.herts.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/fee-information/fees-and-finance-policy-documents
If you require further information or have any questions regarding fees, please contact: cpdhealth@herts.ac.uk
Entry Requirements
This module is a core element for students on the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice programme and cannot be studied on a standalone basis.
Students must have completed the following module prior to undertaking this module: 7HSK0291 Advanced Work Based Skills - Diagnostic Interpretation & Advanced Health Assessment
Course Overview
The aim of this module is to enable students to continue to develop advanced knowledge, understanding and skills in advanced clinical practice relevant to the student’s scope of practice. The student will continue to develop person centred skills of consultation, diagnosis and care management with a focus on therapeutic interventions, caring for complex presentations and health promotion.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Successful students will typically:
- Independently explore and critically evaluate the knowledge base pertaining to complex and unpredictable care management and the scope of therapeutic interventions which benefits the development of their personal and professional practice.
- Critically explore the physiological and psychosocial impact and the evidence base of therapeutic interventions.
- Critically explore the efficacy and efficiency of health promotion, including genomics and person focused care, relevant to the chosen areas of practice.
Skills and Attributes
Successful students will typically:
- Work autonomously at an advanced practitioner level demonstrating evidence of clinical expertise within complex and unpredictable care management.
- Demonstrate advanced decision making and shared decision making and evaluate the role of own and others personal and professional values in planning and implementing care provision in complex presentations relevant to the chosen areas of practice.
- Effectively promote multi-professional engagement in advanced clinical practice through communities of learning and communities of practice.
Assessment
Portfolio of evidence
Learning outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding:
Successful students will typically:
1. Independently explore and critically evaluate the knowledge base pertaining to complex and unpredictable care management and the scope of therapeutic interventions which benefits the development of their personal and professional practice.
2. Critically explore the physiological and psychosocial impact and the evidence base of therapeutic interventions.
3. Critically explore the efficacy and efficiency of health promotion, including genomics and person focused care, relevant to the chosen areas of practice.
Skills and Attributes:
Successful students will typically:
1. Work autonomously at an advanced practitioner level demonstrating evidence of clinical expertise within complex and unpredictable care management.
2. Demonstrate advanced decision making and shared decision making and evaluate the role of own and others personal and professional values in planning and implementing care provision in complex presentations relevant to the chosen areas of practice.
3. Effectively promote multi−professional engagement in advanced clinical practice through communities of learning and communities of practice
Assessment
Coursework 1, 100%
Portfolio of evidence — Incorporating evidence-based case reviews focusing on therapeutic interventions, complex cases and health promotion.
Formative assessment
Submission of 'Portfolio of Learning' evidencing achievement of Advanced Clinical Practice capabilities (HEE MPF 2017) or apprenticeship standard descriptors (5T0564).