PMMACP1: Transition to Advanced Practice

Module code: PMMACP1

Module provider: Pharmacy; School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy

Credits: 20

Level: Postgraduate Masters

When you'll be taught: Semester 1

Module convenor: Professor Jane Portlock, email: j.portlock2@reading.ac.uk

Module co-convenor: Mrs Caroline Gowlett, email: caroline.gowlett@reading.ac.uk

Pre-requisite module(s):

Co-requisite module(s):

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):

Module(s) excluded:

Placement information: NA

Academic year: 2024/5

Available to visiting students: No

Talis reading list: No

Last updated: 21 May 2024

Overview

Module aims and purpose

This module is aimed at practising healthcare professionals who are studying for the MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice.  Through academic study days and workplace-based learning, students will be supported to develop skills in understanding the role of advanced practice, and advanced clinical practitioners, in education and leadership whilst reflecting on their own journey to advanced practice.  This module is aligned to the Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice in England.  Students require the support of a workplace-based supervisor to complete this module.

The module can also be studied stand-alone or as part of the MSc in Advancing Healthcare Practice for practitioners working in equivalent advanced roles, subject to agreement of the module convenor.

This module will support you to broaden your understanding of the context of advanced clinical practice, focusing on bringing the four pillars of the Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice in England together to facilitate self-reflection on your own development.  It will facilitate your development towards advanced practice and/or advanced clinical practice, consolidating previous learning and facilitating an understanding of education and leadership in your practice.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to:

1. Critically evaluate the changing level of responsibility, accountability and autonomy of being an advanced clinical practitioner.
2. Apply leadership theories to advanced clinical practice, including managing change, teamworking, and resolving conflict.
3. Critically discuss the impact of the learning environment on students’ learning experiences in relation to ensuring effective learning opportunities whilst protecting students, staff and patients
4. Independently develop knowledge and skills to identify, prioritise and resolve complex and uncertain problems with limited information

Module content

This module will focus on supporting practitioners to apply the four pillars of advanced clinical practice in the Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice in England, facilitating critical exploration of your own practice.

Structure

Teaching and learning methods

This module will use a range of teaching and learning methods.  The University teaching is based around workshops and directed study.  The workshops are underpinned by directed learning via Blackboard and self-directed learning, where practitioners are required to use a range of sources to gain information to support the development of their knowledge and skills.

A significant proportion of the programme is designed to be workplace-based learning with a supervisor, through which practitioners can undertake activities to develop their knowledge, skills and behaviours.

Study hours

At least 6 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.

Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.

Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.

Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.

Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.

Assessment

Requirements for a pass

Students need to achieve all of the following to pass this module:

1. A mark of 50% in each assessment
2. An overall module mark of 50%

Summative assessment

Penalties for late submission of summative assessment

The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:

Assessments with numerical marks

• where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each working day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of three working days;
• the mark awarded due to the imposition of the penalty shall not fall below the threshold pass mark, namely 40% in the case of modules at Levels 4-6 (i.e. undergraduate modules for Parts 1-3) and 50% in the case of Level 7 modules offered as part of an Integrated Masters or taught postgraduate degree programme;
• where the piece of work is awarded a mark below the threshold pass mark prior to any penalty being imposed, and is submitted up to three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline), no penalty shall be imposed;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.

Assessments marked Pass/Fail

• where the piece of work is submitted within three working days of the deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): no penalty will be applied;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): a grade of Fail will be awarded.

The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: /cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf

You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.

Formative assessment

Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.

1. Peer feedback on reflective account
2. Workplace-based assessments during experiential learning
3. Feedback on workplace-based learning from educational supervisor

Reassessment

Additional costs