Viewing course details for 2025-26 year of entry

Code: PCH4105 (Level 7)
Start: October 2025
Fees: £960
Duration: One year (online or on campus learning)
Course Leader: Harry Bliss
Location: Great Ormond Street Hospital

Course Overview

Delivered by Great Ormond Street Hospital Learning Academy (GLA), this 15-credit module aims to consolidate the knowledge, skills and behaviours acquired whilst studying the programme by the completion and submission of a portfolio of evidence of clinical capability in their respective area of clinical practice.

Programme Options

This module can be taken as part of the Advanced Clinical Practice (Paediatrics and Child Health) MSc. It is not available as a standalone module.

For further information about the programme content, or to set up a programme planning meeting to discuss which pathway will be best for you, please contact the Academic Programmes Team at the GOSH Learning Academy: academic.programmes@gosh.nhs.uk.

Teaching

Online seminars will introduce the learner to the module, instruct the learners on how to select suitable learning outcomes as part of their negotiated learning, evaluate their own learning styles and develop a plan for learning.

Personal tutorials will be used to work with the individual learner to support development of the negotiated learning contract and guide the learner through the learning and assessment of the module.

Assessment

Formative assessment will be:

Review of work with feedback

For the summative assessment, learners will:

Submit a portfolio of work
Submit a reflective account to accompany the portfolio

Teaching dates

Teaching will take place over a whole day. Face-to-Face teaching will take place either on or around the Great Ormond Street Hospital campus or at the Middlesex University West Stand at StoneX stadium. Exact locations for teaching days will be advised closer to the start date.

Learners are only expected to attend one of the available assessment dates.

Teaching Day	Dates	Type
Teaching Day 1	10/10/2025	Virtual
Teaching Day 2	07/11/2025	Virtual
Teaching Day 3	28/11/2025	Virtual
Teaching Day 4	23/01/2026	Virtual
Teaching Day 5	13/02/2026	Virtual
Teaching Day 6	13/03/2026	Virtual
Assessment Day 1	24/04/2026	Virtual

To undertake this module, you must:

Be enrolled on the Advanced Clinical Practice (Paediatrics and Child Health) MSc. You can view the entry requirements for these programmes on the respective webpages.

How to apply

Applications will close two weeks before the module start date but may close early due to demand. It is highly recommended that candidates submit their application as early as possible.

It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that they have arranged the necessary study leave to attend the programme.

Sponsorship

Candidates whose fees are being paid by their organisation will need to obtain a purchase order from their organisation for their fees and upload this as part of their application. You will not be able to save your application form once you begin, so please have the purchase order ready.

If you are unable to obtain a purchase order prior to the application deadline, candidates can upload a sponsor letter. You may wish to use this template: Sponsor Letter

Information for Sponsor Organisations

When raising a purchase order for module fees, the supplier is Middlesex University. If Middlesex University is not set up as a supplier on your procurement system, then contact CPDFinance@mdx.ac.uk to obtain the required information for set-up.

If you have any questions about how to pay the module fees, please contact CPDFinance@mdx.ac.uk.

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Fees and funding

The fees below refer to the 2025/26 academic year unless otherwise stated.

Part-time learners: £64 per credit*

*Course fees are subject to annual inflation so the total costs for part time study are shown here as a guide.

Learners who withdraw from the module on or before the start date will likely be charged the full tuition fees.

If you have any questions about the module, please contact academic.programmes@gosh.nhs.uk.

Clinical Capabilities in Advancing Practice through Work-Based Learning