Managing Clinical Complexity in Children and Young People
Delivered by Great Ormond Street Hospital Learning Academy (GLA), this 15-credit module aims to build upon previously acquired knowledge, skills, and behaviours to demonstrate capabilities.
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Viewing course details for 2025-26 year of entry
- Code
- PCH4104 (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 build upon previously acquired knowledge, skills, and behaviours to demonstrate capabilities in managing the assessment, diagnostic and clinical management processes in the context of complexity, uncertainty, and risk, recognising their increasing levels of independent practice and accountability.
Programme Options
This module can only 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
Active learning will allow students to learn via collaboration, cooperation, and peer-based learning. Activities may include interactive lectures, clinical skills demonstration and supervised practice, small group activities, case-based discussions, workshops and tutorials.
Synchronous and asynchronous learning and teaching activities are delivered via a combination of study days and digital strategies at local sites or online using the MyLearning.
Assessment
Formative assessment will be:
- LEADER work-based assessment
- Work-based learning portfolio
- Preparatory OSCA.
For the summative assessment, learners will:
- Complete an OSCA
- Submit a reflective essay.
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 | 09/10/2025 | Virtual |
| Teaching Day 2 | 16/10/2025 | Virtual |
| Teaching Day 3 | 23/10/2025 | Face-to-Face |
| Teaching Day 4 | 06/11/2025 | Virtual |
| Teaching Day 5 | 13/11/2025 | Virtual |
| Teaching Day 6 | 20/11/2025 | Virtual |
| Teaching Day 7 | 27/11/2025 | Face-to-Face |
| Assessment Day 1 | 08/01/2026 | Face-to-Face |
To undertake this module, you must:
- Be enrolled in the Advanced Clinical Practice (Paediatrics and Child Health) MSc
- Have completed and passed the Physical Examination and Assessment of Children and Young People module, or an equivalent.
- Have completed and passed the Applied Clinical Physiology in Children and Young People module, or equivalent.
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.
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.