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Professional Practice

The Professional Practice Framework has been designed to allow healthcare professionals to choose their own path according to their area of interest or specialisation.

We offer a huge range of standalone modules, some of which are core to specialist pathways within Professional Practice while others can be completed as standalone or chosen as optional modules. 

The type of award received upon graduating depends on both your existing qualifications, and the combination of modules and pathways that you choose to study.

VIEW ALL PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE MODULES

Explore our Professional Practice Modules, designed to enhance your skills and knowledge in various professional fields.

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The qualifications available are: 

  • Module only Level 6
  • Module only Level 7
  • BSc
  • BSc (Hons)
  • Grad Cert
  • PgCert
  • PgDip
  • MSc

Within certain time limits, you can use credits you gain from individual Professional Practice modules to build towards an award. Our modules vary in their delivery method, with some online and others in person, and some delivered on a weekly basis and others as intensive learning. 

Pathways

Acute Care

Adult Critical Care

Cardiac Care

Child, Adolescent and Young Adult Mental Health

Healthcare

Infection, Prevention and Control

International Perspectives in Emergency and Critical Care

Tissue Viability

I chose to do postgraduate study because I wanted to gain advanced level knowledge as a senior nurse in order to benefit my patients and colleagues. It has been a challenge managing the work-life balance and making time for university study time and assignments, but the lecturers are very helpful and are an email away whenever you need them. I’ve found it particularly helpful to be able to book slots to video call the course leads to discuss work and exam preparation.

Through studying the course, I have become more confident, emotionally resilient and knowledgeable. I am now in a leadership role and am equipping myself with all the knowledge and requirements to head towards applying for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner role one day.

Neelam Hussain

How does it work?

You can choose to study this programme as a complete pathway award or as a standalone module.

  • Overall flow chart

    Degree (Level 6)

    Pathway Level
    Level 6 - Year 1
    Modules completed 
    Core Module 
    Core Module
    Core or Optional Module
    Exit Awards
    Grad Cert/BSc Professional Practice 
    Level 6 - Year 2 (BSc Hons only)
    Using Research Evidence in Practice
    Optional Module
    BSc (Hons) Professional Practice 

    Postgraduate (Level 7)

    Pathway Level
    Level 7 - Year 1
    Modules completed 
    Core Module
    Core Module
    Core or Optional Module
    Exit Awards
    PG Cert Professional Practice
    Level 7 - Year 2
    Research: Methods of Enquiry
    Leadership for Health and Social Care
    Optional Module
    PG Dip Professional Practice 
    Level 7 - Year 3
    Research Dissertation
    MSc Professional Practice 

FAQs

HELP AND ENQUIRIES

Our Professional Navigator, Nicola Clarke, is on hand to offer guidance and will help you to choose which modules are best for you, taking account of your aims, professional or clinical experience, KSF requirements and your academic achievements. Call Nicola on +44 (0)121 331 6162 or email professional.navigator@bcu.ac.uk.

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