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Master of Science /
Postgraduate Diploma in
Advanced Emergency Nursing Practice 2012 – 14
Offered by:
Accident and Emergency Medicine Academic Unit,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Co-organizer:
The Nethersole School of Nursing,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong;
Hospital Authority of Hong Kong
Supported by:
Sir Michael Kadoorie
高級急診護理實踐
理學碩士 / 學士後文憑 2012-14
The programmes are offered by the Accident and Emergency
Medicine Academic Unit of the Faculty of Medicine of the Chinese
University of Hong Kong, and co-organized by the The Nethersole
School of Nursing of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the
Hospital Authority of Hong Kong
Prof. Timothy H Rainer - Programme Director BSc MB BCh MD MRCP FRCSEd FRCPGlasg FHKCEM FHKAM(EM)
Director of the Accident and Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Diana Lee - Co-Director PhD RN
Professor of Nursing and Director, The Nethersole School of Nursing; Assistant Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Colin A Graham - Deputy Programme Director MB ChB MPH MD FRCSEd FRCSGlasg FIMCRCSEd FCCP FCEM FHKAM(EM)
Professor, Accident and Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dr. Poon Wai Kwong - Deputy Programme Director RN, Dip. GN, Cert. IC Exe.Dip.LNC CEN CIC FCHSE MBA MA PhD
Professional Consultant, Accident and Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ms Josephine YM Chung - Deputy Programme
Director MN BSN
Advanced Practice Nurse, Accident and Emergency Department,
Prince of Wales Hospital
Programme Organizers
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Table of Contents
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Introduction ….………………………………………….. 4
Programme Objectives
Target Participants
Programme Structure and Duration ………....….….. 5
Medium of Instruction
Mode of Delivery
Programme Contents ………………….……………… 6 – 8
Course Lists and Detailed Course Descriptions
Recognitions and Exemptions ……………………….. 9
Entry Requirements …………………...…………………. 10
Overseas Degree
Graduation Requirements …………………...………... 11
Application for Deferral
Application Details ………….……………...………….. 12
Application Procedures
Application fee
Programme Fees
Deadline for Applications
Information Sessions …….………. …….………. ……... 13
Information and Enquiries …….………. …….………. 14
Programme Objectives This is the first programme in Hong Kong designed to provide emergency nurses with the skills, knowledge and competency to offer advanced nursing care for patients in emergency departments. The course will build on the existing foundation experience of emergency nurses, and further develop their potential in independent advanced nursing practice in the emergency department. This will also provide a platform to share experience and expertise in order to enhance the continuing development within the role of an emergency nurse practitioner. Students will be given the opportunity to engage in a process of critical reflection on their practice and learning. This will allow them to sensibly challenge assumptions underlying clinical practice and will guide their personal development. Target Participants The main target students for this course are experienced emergency nurses who are keen to develop knowledge and skills and competency in preparation to work as independent emergency nurse practitioners.
Introduction
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Programme Structure
The Postgraduate Diploma and Masters are part-time modular courses comprising two terms offered each year. Applicants may EITHER do the PgD in ONE year OR the Masters in TWO years.
The Postgraduate Diploma includes 24 units of core modules (each unit = 13 hours) and no elective modules. This may be completed in ONE year. The Masters is a continuation of the Postgraduate Diploma programme. It includes 37 units of Advanced Emergency Nursing Care – the same 24 units of core modules from the Postgraduate Diploma, and an additional 13 units. The Postgraduate Diploma may be completed in one year, whilst the Masters normally takes a minimum of two years.
Students from both programmes will undertake 156 hours of clinical attachment.
Classes for the Postgraduate Diploma and the first year of the Masters are conducted simultaneously, as the course content is the same. Classes will normally be held between 9am and 6pm on Monday at the Prince of Wales Hospital. Students will attend a total of 25 lectures. Please refer to our Unit website for any update in the arrangements and timetable of the lectures and clinical attachment.
Medium of Instruction
English will be used as the main language for instruction.
Mode of Delivery
A multidisciplinary approach, including lectures, classroom exercises, seminars, workshops, tutorials, fieldwork, and home study assignments, will be used.
Programme Structure
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Programme Contents
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Course Code Course Title Units Contact Hours
AENP5001 Professional Development and Decision Making 3 39
AENP5002 Acute Illness Management 4 52
AENP5003 Acute Injury Management 4 52
AENP5004 Clinical Practice 12 156
AENP5005 Facilitating Learning 1 13
Total 24 312
Postgraduate Diploma In Advanced Emergency Nursing Practice & Master of Science In Advanced Emergency Nursing Practice (Year 1)
Course Code
Course Title Units Contact Hours
Minimum Grade#
AENP5001 Professional Development and Decision Making
3 39 C
This module aims to investigate through review of the literature and relevant research, the issues surrounding role expansion in relation to autonomous practice. It will encourage exploration of the socio-economic, professional, political ethical and legal influences on role development in Hong Kong, and explore the benefits of change management/service development models. It will also encourage students to apply theory to analyse decision-making processes used in their independent practice.
AENP5002 Acute Illness Management 4 52 C
This module aims to explore the physiology, pathophysiology and health promotion in relation to minor illness management. The module encourages the review of evidence and research allowing the student to scrutinize and challenge current management of minor illness in the acute and primary care setting.
Detailed Course Descriptions
#‘Minimum grade’ refers to the grade required to fulfill the programme requirement. All courses should be graded A – F, where C is the minimum required to pass the course
Course List
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Course Code
Course Title Units Contact Hours
Minimum Grade#
AENP5003 Acute Injury Management 4 52 C
The Acute Injury Management module aims to enable students to develop confidence and competence in aspects of clinical examination relating minor injury, and applying appropriate intervention. This is achieved through application of the anatomy and physiology to the clients’ presenting complaint, whilst considering the individuals’ psychosocial needs. A series of lectures, seminars and workshops encourage active student participation. Clinical examination skills will be enhanced through the consideration of theoretical principles.
AENP5004 Clinical Practice 12 156 C
This module, which runs over two terms, provides a focus on clinical practice to ensure that the students have opportunity to develop the new skills necessary to work as an ENP. There is no theoretical component to this module, but the student draws upon the knowledge gained in ENP5001, ENP5002 and ENP5003. In order to demonstrate achievement of the learning outcomes of the course, students are required to provide evidence of their competence in portfolio submitted at the end of term 2. The grade for this course will be assigned at the end of term 2. Throughout the course students will need to focus on how they are going to achieve their clinical competencies in their clinical work, through continually assessing and developing their own learning objectives depending on their individual needs. These will be negotiated and validated with a tutor. Achievement of these objectives over the course will be demonstrated through the compilation of their own portfolio. This portfolio of evidence provides the framework for the process and assessment of student ability to practice as an ENP. There are two essential parts to the course, which complement each other, educationally led practice and academic knowledge. This module pulls together these two components to enable students to develop and demonstrate competence.
AENP5005 Facilitating Learning 1 13 C
This single unit module provides the student with opportunity to build upon the knowledge and experience of supervision/mentorship by analyzing the teaching and learning methods used in the course. This will include a review of methods of facilitating learning the classroom and clinical setting. Students will learn the general principles of classroom and clinical teaching, and secondly will be trained to teach future students of this ENP Course. Thus, at the end of the course students should be compete to function as future teachers of the course.
Detailed Course Description (Cont’d)
#‘Minimum grade’ refers to the grade required to fulfill the programme requirement. All courses should be graded A – F, where C is the minimum required to pass the course
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Course Code Course Title Units Contact Hours
AENP5006 Research Methods 2 26
AENP5007 Statistical Methods for Research 2 26
AENP5008 MSc Project and Dissertation 9 117
Total 13 169
Master of Science In Advanced Emergency Nursing Practice (Year 2)
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Detailed Course Descriptions Course Code
Course Title Units Contact Hours
Minimum Grade#
AENP5006 Research Methods 2 26 C
Candidates will be instructed on basic research methodology, sources of funding for research, principles of literature review, protocol generation and report writing. They will be assessed on their ability to produce a coherent and concise proposal for their MSc Project. It will be predominantly lecture based and will assume no prior knowledge of research methodology.
AENP5007 Statistical Methods for Research 2 26 C
Candidates will be introduced to basic statistical concepts, categorical and continuous data, parametric and non parametric tests (including simple tests for statistical significance) and principles of logistic and linear regression. Candidates will also be given advice on how and when to seek expert statistical advice. Emphasis will be placed on basic concepts throughout and will be tailored to the statistics required to allow the candidate to carry out their research project adequately. Testing will be by means of coursework.
AENP5008 MSc Project and Dissertation 9 117 C
The MSc Project will allow the candidate to demonstrate that they have achieved a complete understanding of research methodology and basic statistical analysis by undertaking a supervised research project on some aspect of advanced emergency nursing care (with input from the supervisor). The project should be of a standard worthy of publication in a peer-reviewed journal, and candidates will be encouraged to submit their work to a suitable journal on its completion. The dissertation should be around 20 000 words long and include a comprehensive literature review, rationale and explanation of the methodology used, clearly laid out results and a coherent discussion of the implications of the study with appropriate referencing.
Course List
#‘Minimum grade’ refers to the grade required to fulfill the programme requirement. All courses should be graded A – F, where C is the minimum required to pass the course
The Award
On completion of PgD/ Master program, graduates are entitled to obtain the award of Postgraduate Diploma/ Master of Science in Advanced Emergency Nursing Practice from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Recognitions from the IANS
The first year program is recognized by the Institute of Advanced Nursing Studies (IANS). Successful completion of the first year of the program along with at least two years of clinical experience in emergency nursing leads to the award of a Post Registration Certificate from the IANS.
CNE Accreditation MSc: 377 CNE Points;
PgD: 208 CNE Points
Unit Exemption for Master of Nursing Programme Graduates of this PgD Programme may apply for up to 9 units of exemption: If successful, graduates will be able to complete the Master of Nursing programme at the Nethersole School of Nursing in one academic year.
Recognitions & Exemptions
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Course Code Course Topic Units
NURS6033 Advanced Nursing Practice I 3
NURS6034 Advanced Nursing Practice II 3
NURS6035 Advanced Nursing Practice III 3
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Entry Requirements 1. Fulfill the General Qualifications for admission:
Master programme • Graduated from a recognized university and obtained a
Bachelor's degree, normally with honours not lower than
Second Class; or
• Graduated from an honours programme of a recognized
university with a Bachelor's degree, normally achieving an
average grade of not lower than "B" in undergraduate courses;
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• Completed a course of study in a tertiary educational
institution and obtained professional or similar qualifications
equivalent to an honours degree.
Postgraduate Diploma programme:
• Graduated from a recognized university and obtained a
Bachelor's degree.
2. Meet the English Language Proficiency Requirement prescribed
by the Graduate School.
3. Additional entry requirements:
• It is preferred if applicants have experiences in an emergency
field.
Overseas Awards Applicants with degrees awarded by overseas universities by
distance learning or by completing a curriculum of short duration
may be required to provide assessment report from the Hong Kong
Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational
Qualifications (HKCAAVQ) on the level of qualification obtained.
For details and application procedures, please visit the website of
HKCAAVQ at: http://www.hkcaavq.edu.hk/en/main.asp
Entry Requirements
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Graduation Requriements
Students must undertake ALL clinical attachments at the
Emergency Department of the Prince of Wales Hospital.
Students must attend at least 80% of the lectures, seminars, tutorials
and practical workshops, complete the necessary course
requirements (assignments, examinations etc), and are required to
obtain a cumulative overall GPA of at least 2.0 in order to
graduate.
All postgraduate students are required to pass the IT Proficiency
Test before they can graduate. Students who have previously
passed the IT Proficiency Test while studying for another CUHK
programme may apply for exemption.
Candidates who only partially meet the requirements for the
Diploma and Masters may reapply for subsequent years and gain
exemption from the modules that they completed before. Students
who meet the additional requirements will be awarded the Masters
degree.
Application for Deferral If students encounter any problem in completing the Clinical
Practice (AENP 5004) in one year, they may apply for deferral of
graduation. No additional tuition fee will be charged.
Maximum study period:
• Master: 4 year (min. 2 years)
• Pg Dip: 3 years (min. 1 year)
All applications of deferral of graduation are subject to the final decision and approval of the Graduate School
Graduation Requirements
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Application Procedures for Both Programmes Applicants are encouraged to use the online application procedures to save time and postage. Please visit the Graduate School website at: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/gss Paper application forms are also obtainable:
• From the Graduate School Office (Room G01, G/F., Academic Building No.1, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T.) or
• By contacting Miss Junie Yiu, in Room 02C54, 2/F, Main Clinical Block & Trauma Centre, Accident and Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T.
Completed application forms and required support documents should be returned to the Accident and Emergency Medicine Academic Unit no later than 30th April 2012.
Application Fee HK$180 (non refundable)
Programme Fee
• MSc: HK$140,000 (2 years) • PgD: HK$72,000 (1 year) All payable in two installments in each academic year
Deadline for Application 30th April 2012
Application Details
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Interested parties may attend one or both of two information
sessions.
Venue: Conference Room, 2/F, Main Clinical Block & Trauma Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital
Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Dates: 20 December 2011 (Tue) 21 February 2012 (Tue)
13 March 2012 (Tue)
Registration: For registration, please contact the programme administrator at [email protected]
Website of Graduate School, CUHK http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/gss
Website of AEMAU, CUHK http://www.aemau.cuhk.edu.hk
(Detailed Course booklet available)
Information Sessions
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Please contact:
Miss Junie Yiu
Project Coordinator
Room 02C54, 2/F, Main Clinical Block & Trauma Centre,
Accident and Emergency Medicine Academic Unit,
Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
Telephone: (852) 2632-1145
Fax: (852) 2648-1469
Email: [email protected]
The Programme organizers reserve the right to cancel or
postpone the Programme if the number of registered
students is insufficient or for other unforeseen reasons.
Information & Enquiries
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