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Credit bearing module Enhancing Professional Practice

Explore enhancing professional practice and develop knowledge to inform your understanding and professional practice.

Key facts

Duration
Full time: 1 semester
Level
Continuing professional development (CPD)
Academic level
7
Academic credits
20
School
Oxford School of Nursing and Midwifery

About this course

Currently closed for recruitment

Within this Enhancing Professional Practice module, learners will develop their understanding of enhanced practice in the provision of a discrete aspect of patient care within their current level of practice.

Evidence-based practice is the cornerstone for the provision of high-quality enhanced care. Learners will develop their skills in considering, critiquing, and appraising research and evidence to inform and develop their decision-making and clinical reasoning skills. Critical consideration of service requirements will enable learners to facilitate enhancements and changes to practice and service delivery, recognising the value of education of self and others.

Entry requirements

Entry requirements

Applicants must be a UK registered health care professional with at least 12 months experience, working at or towards an enhanced level of practice.

This course is not available to international students who require a student sponsor to study in the UK.

Fees and funding

Fees

Tuition fees
Fee types2026/27
Home distance learning£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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Learning and assessment

The module will be delivered using a mixture of asynchronous learning activities and discussions via the Moodle platform, and synchronous seminars delivered via Zoom. Learners will be supported to build on their existing experience and develop the skills and knowledge required for achieving the learning outcomes. All activities will be facilitated by the module team, in conjunction with relevant specialist experts, while also providing the opportunity to learn both with and from peers.

Each unit of learning will focus on the key module topics (as outlined above). There will be opportunities for learners to engage in a broad range of topics through reading, reviewing, and critiquing relevant literature and theories. Learners will be encouraged to participate in debate and discussion, by sharing knowledge and relevant practice experiences, and further use the knowledge and experience of facilitators and peers to enhance their learning. There is an expectation that learners will use these opportunities to develop their skills in practice, by bringing the learning to the workplace, applying it, and reflecting critically on their own enhanced practice.

Assessment

Assessment of the module is via a summative e-portfolio comprising of 10 pieces of evidence to support personal development of enhanced practice, aligned to the learning outcomes. One piece of evidence will be explored in detail, critically reviewing and synthesising the underpinning evidence base to support the chosen practice. This will allow learners to develop their understanding of enhanced practice, relevant to their scope and respective field, exploring how relevant concepts and theory have been applied to their learning.

Our courses are reviewed regularly as part of our quality assurance framework, so module availability and course structures may vary from what is listed here. On rare occasions, we may also need to make updates to our course programmes after publication; for full details, please visit our changes to programmes page (opens in a new tab)