School of Healthcare - Faculty of Medicine and Healthcare

Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Assessment - PGC-CLINA-10

What is the programme about?
The Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Assessment is suitable for healthcare practitioners, such as nurses, pharmacist, involved in clinical assessment of patients. This may include specialist and advanced practitioners in areas such as community, accident and emergency, high-dependency, and critical care outreach.

Why study this programme?
The programme builds on our established reputation for delivering high quality modules that are clinically focused. The programme will enable practitioners to assess patients from 'head-to-toe' and develop evidence-based management strategies. Practitioners will develop practical skills in taking health history, auscultation, percussion and palpation in addition to diagnostic reasoning skills. The programme may enable practitioners to move towards advanced practitioner status and gain access to the MSc Advanced Practice at the University of Leeds. The programme will enable practitioners’ career development by moving towards advanced practice roles. On previous occasions students who have successfully completed modules of a similar nature at the School of Healthcare have gone on to become nurse consultants and advanced and specialist practitioners.

Compulsory Modules