Credit bearing module Enhanced Patient Assessment and Management
Explore enhanced patient assessment and management and develop knowledge to inform your understanding and professional practice.
Key facts
- Duration
- Part time: One semester
- Level
- Continuing professional development (CPD)
- Academic level
- 7
- Academic credits
- 20
- School
- Oxford School of Nursing and Midwifery
- Application deadline
- 1 September for September start
- 1 January for January start
About this course
This Enhanced Patient Assessment and Management module provides you with the opportunity to develop a critical, problem-solving approach to the complex and holistic assessment and management of a discreet aspect of patient care, developing your knowledge in the relevant pathophysiology applied to stages of the assessment.
The module aims to develop your assessment skills to an enhanced level enabling you to recognise changes and respond to anomalies in the patient's clinical condition, planning, delivering, monitoring, and evaluating complex care and working effectively with the multidisciplinary team to optimise health and care delivery.
Entry requirements
Entry requirements
You must be a qualified health care professional with a minimum of one year of relevant clinical experience.
This course is not available to international students who require a student sponsor to study in the UK.
Fees and funding
Fees
| Fee types | 2026/27 |
|---|---|
| Home part-time | £1,000 per single module, where taken as part of an award-bearing course the module fee is £1,260 |
How and when to pay
Tuition fee instalments for the semester are due by the Monday of week 1 of each semester. Students are not liable for full fees for that semester if they leave before week 4. If the leaving date is after week 4, full fees for the semester are payable.
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- For information about refunds please visit our Refund policy page.
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Learning and assessment
The teaching, learning and assessment strategy of the module reflects its student centred, patient-centred and practice-focused approach.
The module will be delivered using a mixture of asynchronous learning activities and discussions via the Moodle platform, synchronous seminars delivered via Zoom, and clinical simulation and workshops within the clinical skills laboratories.
Topics to include:
- History Taking, consultation, and documentation
- Enhanced Patient Assessment and Examination
- Enhanced patient Management, including diagnostics and interventions
- The cardiac system
- The respiratory system
- The abdominal system
- The neurological system
- The Musculoskeletal system
- Frailty
- Paediatric considerations
- Mental health
- A- E assessment of the acutely deteriorating patient
Assessment
Students will undertake a patient assessment in practice, which will be verified in the clinical environment. A critical evaluation of the assessment including national and local guidelines, evidence, and decision making will be presented and explored further via viva questions.
How to apply
Apply through our Moodle Portal.
You will need to register for the portal prior to proceeding with an application.
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