Advanced Clinical Practice

Entry requirements

PgCert, PgDip, MSc

To apply for this programme, you must be:

• a registered nurse or allied health professional
• working in or towards an advanced clinical role in healthcare.

On-campus requirements

This blended-learning degree features study sessions delivered on campus in Aberdeen, and you will be required to attend these sessions in person.

Months of entry

January, September

Course content

Take your next career step with MSc Advanced Clinical Practice.

Study with our exceptional multidisciplinary team and learn to manage the care journey of very complex patients.

Whatever area of health care you’re ready to advance in, this flexible, blended-learning degree will support you at every step.

You’ll learn through a mixture of:

• online
• work-based, and
• on-campus teaching, including simulation with patient partners.

Flexible delivery

This ACP degree is specially designed to fit around your existing career in health care, with part-time hours and a customisable pace.

Four pillars framework

Our curriculum is rooted in the Four Pillars of Advanced Clinical Practice framework. You’ll build your expertise to an advanced level across all pillars: clinical practice; leadership; facilitating learning; and evidence, research and development.

Tailored to you

Choose from a diverse range of courses, with options to balance research and clinical content, to tailor your advanced clinical practitioner training to your career aims.

In partnership with the NHS

Learn in a collaborative environment, with a degree delivered in partnership with our NHS colleagues. Senior clinicians, clinical academics, and staff from nursing and the allied health professions helped develop this degree, and they’ll be involved throughout your teaching.