Advanced Nurse Practitioner/Professional Practice MSc

What is special about this course?\
Developed in partnership with expert clinical partners, and taught by subject experts, this course will equip nurses and allied health professionals to lead and deliver advanced healthcare.

This innovative and contemporary programme is relevant to a variety of healthcare settings including remote and rural contexts.

You will develop advanced knowledge and skills, through a combination of core and optional modules in relation to the four pillars of advanced practice clinical practice, leadership, facilitation of learning and evidence-based research and development.

The programme offers two routes, Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) or Advanced Professional Practice (APP), and the main study mode is supported online learning with some optional face-to-face learning, delivered at campuses in Inverness and Stornoway.

Special features\
◾One of 7 UHI postgraduate courses to achieve a perfect 100% overall student satisfaction score (2025 PTES)\
◾An easy to navigate process exists for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for core modules (a cost is attached to this process)\
◾Innovative and contemporary clinically current curriculum developed and taught by subject experts\
◾Designed in partnership with expert clinical partners\
◾Practice-led and research-based curriculum\
◾Accessible and flexible learning that combines innovative technologies for e-learning\
◾Core and option modules are available within the APP\
◾Choice of dissertation on both ANP and APP Programmes (after undertaking the relevant theory module)\
◾Quality improvement dissertation\
◾Applying research skills for clinical impact

How will I study my course?\
◾You will study through supported online learning, accessing materials via the university's virtual learning environment (VLE)\
◾For Clinical Assessment for Advanced Practice, live streaming of clinical assessment demonstrations will take place from simulation labs\
◾You will be invited to attend an online induction at the start of the programme. This may be recorded for those who cannot attend online

Find out more about UHI Centre for Rural Health Sciences - https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-enterprise/res-themes/centre-for-rural-health-sciences/

How long will my course last?\
Part-time :\
◾PgCert: normally 12 months\
◾PgDip: normally 24 months\
◾MSc: normally 36 months