Advanced Clinical Practice MSc/PGDip/PGCert

Find out more about our Advanced Clinical Practice taught degree at Warwick

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P-B94A (MSc);

P-B94AD (PGDip);

P-B94AC (PGCert)

MSc/PGDip/PGCert

Part-time: 3 years (MSc); 2 years
(PGDip); 1 year (PGCert)

6 October 2025

Warwick Medical School

University of Warwick

Advanced Clinical Practice (MSc/PGDip/PGCert) at the University of Warwick is designed to increase your employability across various healthcare settings. Warwick Medical School offers immersive teaching and expert guidance as you develop the skills needed to deliver safe and effective care.

Consistent with national guidance, this course will enable non-medical clinicians to undertake full systems examinations, develop the skills and knowledge to clinically and critically interpret results to diagnose patients and prescribe medications.

Taught by senior practising clinicians, this course will give you the knowledge you need to further develop your confidence and skill set and prepare to work autonomously at a senior clinical decision-making level. Our flexible course structure allows you to study over a three-year period, starting with the PG Certificate, then progressing to the PG Diploma and finally completing the full MSc.

Skills from this degree

This structured professional development course will enable non-medical clinicians to:

• Undertake a full systems examination (child and adult)
• Develop the knowledge and skills to clinically and critically interpret results of tests and investigations.
• Manage an episode of care autonomously

This is an interactive programme. You will learn through lectures and seminars, practical group work and guided reading. This programme is delivered by a blended learning approach, which will include a combination of face to face and online learning You will benefit from guided discussions and have the opportunity to practice the skills you have learnt during the sessions.

Class sizes will vary, however on average they comprise of 20-25 students.

Contact Hours

Assessment for each module can be seen by looking at the relevant module page but typically consists of written essays of 3,000-4,000 words, a portfolio and/or an Objective Structured Long Examination Record (OSLER). The Professional Project is assessed by 4,000-word project report and a poster presentation.

Reading Lists

If you would like to view reading lists for current or previous cohorts of students, most departments have reading lists available through Warwick Library on the Talis Aspire platform.

You can search for reading lists by module title, code or convenor. Please see the modules tab of this page or the module catalogue.

Please note that some reading lists may have restricted access or be unavailable at certain times of year due to not yet being published. If you cannot access the reading list for a particular module, please check again later or contact the module’s host department.

Your timetable

Your personalised timetable will be complete when you are registered for all modules, listing your allocated lectures, seminars, and other small group classes. Your compulsory modules will be registered for you when you join us.

Applicants should:

• Be in a clinical post at Band 6 or above in a trainee ACP post or similar
• Have current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council or Health Care Professionals Council
• Hold a BSc degree at 2nd class level, or evidence of Level 7 study
• Be 4 years post-qualification/ registration

Those without the academic qualifications will have a telephone interview with the course director for a special case request to be made.

• Band A
• With specific component scores of 6.5 in reading and writing.

There are no additional entry requirements for this course.

For the MSc:

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International qualifications

We welcome applications from students with other internationally recognised qualifications although students will need to be practicing in the UK.

For more information, please visit the international entry requirements page.