Enhanced Clinical Practitioner

ECP601
Principles of Enhanced Clinical Practice

This module will enable the student to develop their professional understanding within Enhanced Clinical Practice, allowing them to consider the clinical specialist knowledge required to deliver care in clinical settings.

ECP602
Enhanced Clinical Practice in Context

This module will enable the student to develop their professional understanding within Enhanced Clinical Practice, allowing them to consider risk management, complex caseloads and leading and supporting their own and other health professions.

ADV605
Advancing the Management of Long Term Conditions

This module focuses on developing knowledge and understanding to support service development for people with long term conditions' that is person centred; promoting self-management and collaborative working. The module is based upon best practice as discussed within national and international policy and guidelines. It will explore in depth the impact of long term conditions on the individual, their family and carers.

ECP613
Advanced Clinical Reasoning in Musculoskeletal Conditions

This module will enable qualified physiotherapists and other health care professionals with relevant musculoskeletal experience to extend their current practice within the field of musculoskeletal physiotherapy, by engendering a higher level of critical thinking and clinical reasoning within the context of evidence based practice.

ECP614
Clinical Management of Hypertonia

This module provides an opportunity for learners to develop advanced skills and knowledge in the holistic assessment and management of hypertonia. It will be delivered as a blended learning module, bringing together face to face delivery with facilitated e-learning opportunities

ECP618
Pathomechanics and Rehabilitation of Gait and Balance

This module focuses on the diagnostic and therapeutic interventions of health professionals managing patients with gait and balance problems. Gait and balance are explored alongside theoretical and practical approaches to rehabilitation in a wide variety of conditions.

ECP619
Rehabilitation: Cognition, Perception and Behaviour

This module will draw on the fields of neuropsychology, neuroscience and rehabilitation to explore cognitive and perceptual domains such as memory, executive function, attention and language. An inter-disciplinary team will highlight the functional and psychosocial impact of dysfunction to these domains and provide a critical review of current clinical interventions.

ECP620
Clinical Assessment and Management in Neurology

The module will (a) highlight how understanding neuroanatomy/physiology can aid in the interpretation of the signs and symptoms of commonly encountered neurological conditions (b) facilitate the development of assessment and management skills.

HEAD385E
Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - Management in Primary Care

Rooted firmly in practice this short module has been specifically designed to focus on the key principles and issues involved in supporting and treating patients with long term respiratory conditions within the primary care setting.

HEAD392
Diabetes Mellitus

A module for the practitioner to explore core knowledge issues relating to diabetes mellitus, based upon diabetes competencies.

HEAE302
Coaching and Leadership

Coaching and Leadership is a module focused on developing your confidence and competence to lead and develop yourself and others. Students will be able to understand and explore coaching theory and practice using a variety of tools in order to underpin coaching and leadership practice.

HEAE306
The Fundamentals of Health Assessment and Common Illnesses

This module will enable the student to develop the underpinning knowledge and professional understanding of the practical and theoretical management of patients presenting with common minor illness across healthcare settings. They will consider the clinical, legal and ethical boundaries and recognise the limitations within their scope of practice and working environment.

UEC604
The Child or Young Person Requiring Urgent or Emergency Care 20 credits

This module will facilitate the development of practitioners knowledge and skills in the recognition and immediate management of children/young people requiring urgent or emergency care for illness/injury in a range of settings by increasing their ability to apply current research/evidence to practice and deliver holistic care to sick children and their families.

UEC611
Mental Health Assessment in Urgent, Emergency and Acute Care 20 credits

This module aims to increase knowledge and skills of practitioners working in urgent, emergency and acute care settings and who work with individuals experiencing mental health issues. It explores the principles and process of mental health assessment and the practice of determining appropriate intervention alongside prioritisation of client need based on the current guidance.

ADV605DL
Advancing the Management of Long Term Conditions

This module focuses on developing knowledge and understanding to support service development for people with long term conditions' that is person centred; promoting self-management and collaborative working. The module is based upon best practice as discussed within national and international policy and guidelines. It will explore in depth the impact of long term conditions on the individual, their family and carers.

ECP615
Occupational Science: People as Occupational Beings

This module introduces and critically explores core occupational science concepts in relation to people as occupational beings. It covers topics such as conceptualisation of occupation, culture and occupation, occupational justice, transactional perspective, occupational identity and their links to health and wellbeing. In addition, this module provides an opportunity to investigate the complexity of occupation-centred practice with individuals in a wide range of contexts.

ECP616
Paramedic Practice in Primary and Urgent care

This module supports the further development of clinical knowledge and skills through structured history taking, including safe telephone consultation (Hear and Treat), and physical examination. Learners will apply clinical reasoning within primary and urgent care practice, critically analysing clinical risk management, inter-professional collaboration, and decision-making in diverse and dynamic care environments.

ECP617
Principles of Prehospital Critical care

This module builds on existing knowledge and experience to enhance learners’ clinical reasoning and decision-making in the management of critically ill patients within the pre-hospital environment. Students will examine the theoretical and evidence-based principles that underpin complex interventions in critical care, including cardiac arrest and post–return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) management. Learners will develop and critically appraise the specialist knowledge and skills required to deliver safe and effective care across a range of critical care scenarios, integrating current research, national guidance, and ethical considerations into practice. Through critical reflection, participants will evaluate and refine their competence in life support, resuscitation, and post-ROSC care, strengthening their ability to provide high-quality, patient-centred care in dynamic and challenging clinical settings.