Advanced assessment for clinical practice (masters level) (APP710)
Develop your consultation, clinical examination and data interpretation skills
CPD for healthcare professionals

As an experienced health care professional, successful completion of this 20 credit masters-level module will enable you to develop cognitive and clinical skills that you can use in your consultations, clinical examinations and interpretation of diagnostic data. The module has been developed to give multi-disciplinary healthcare practitioners from a range of disciplines the opportunity to expand their existing professional expertise in consultation and clinical examination skills, promoting safe, sound and evidenced-based practice in an advanced role.
Many of these roles involve seeing and managing patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions and this module will support you in understanding the theory that underpins everyday practice and learning the skills with which to undertake these assessments.
The focus is on interdisciplinary learning to develop the skills needed to make safe, sound clinical decisions when seeing patients and clients with diverse health needs across all healthcare settings.
At the end of the module you will be able to complete a systematic and structured history taking assessment alongside a physical examination which will allow you to show how you can relate your findings into your clinical decision making.
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FHEQ level
Location
To be considered for a place on this module you must:
Individuals without a degree may be eligible to apply providing they have appropriate practice-related experience relevant to the programme. Each student will be considered and advised individually (where required) by the programme team and Professional Development Unit. Please contact the PDU or programme lead if you have any queries regarding your situation.
Please see our Professional Development Module Fees page.
For further information regarding this module, please contact:
Professional Development Unit
Level 4 Rolle Building, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
Prospective student enquiries: pduadmissions@plymouth.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)1752 586951
Current student enquiries: pdu@plymouth.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)1752 586958