NUR-30163 - Module Specification
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2025/26

This is a 15 credit work based learning module, which is achieved in the main, through working within the practitioner's clinical area.
It aims to create and provide learning that is responsive, flexible and relevant to current social and health care needs in a wide variety of clinical care settings.
The module will be delivered utilising a work based learning approach, and will require the practitioner to achieve clinical competencies, including the development of some competencies which reflect their individual learning needs. This will enable the practitioner to consolidate and further progress their knowledge and skills within their chosen pathway and encourage practitioners to be evidence based when caring for individuals/ service users.

This module aims to facilitate the critical application of theory to practice within the practitioner's own area of specific clinical practice. To facilitate practitioners to further enhance practice and enable effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient-centred practice through the application of critical knowledge and enhanced understanding within their given clinical pathway.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Deliver evidence based clinical care in managing the specific and individual needs of patients/service users to promote and maximise health and wellness: 1,2
Critically evaluate the clinical care patients/service users experience, utilising a range of evidence based tools/ frameworks: 1,2
Demonstrate clinical expertise in meeting the holistic needs of the identified patient/service user, and engage in continuing professional development through reflective practice: 1,2
Critically plan care utilising pertinent research/evidence to formulate and implement a plan of care to meet the holistic needs of the patient/service users: 1,2

Study hours

Direct teacher contact hours, to include KLE activities, tutorials, student support etc. (30 hours)
Student-led activity & assessment in practice. Application of theory to practice. (120hours)

School Rules

Normally hold a professional registration with an appropriate body and working within a care setting relevant to the module. In addition, to course entry criteria, students must be registered on the BSc (Hons) Clinical Practice to access linked modules.

Description of Module Assessment