Management of Minor Injuries (ACP Module)

You will develop your skills in patient consultation, history-taking, and physical assessment of patients who present with undifferentiated and undiagnosed minor injuries. You will learn how to distinguish between normal and abnormal findings. On completion of the module, you will be working at/towards advanced clinical practice.

This module explores the assessment of the following systems:

• Musculoskeletal
• Wound and soft tissue
• Facial and eye injuries.

This module requires 50 hours of supervised clinical placement in ED, UTC, or Minor Injury unit that allows assessment and management of patients (ideally child and adult) with minor injuries including ability to request and interpret x-rays. This placement must be arranged by you, as the student.

This module is part-time with dates on-site (approximately 7 in total) spread across 12 weeks.

The next cohort of this module runs in September 2026. Please contact pec@sgul.ac.uk to register your interest.

The module is a compulsory part of the Advanced Clinical Practice MSc, and can also be taken as a stand-alone module.

Who is it for?

The module is suitable for nurses and allied healthcare professionals working in acute and unscheduled care settings, (e.g. emergency departments, walk-in clinics, urgent care centres, primary care or other community and first contact settings). This includes, paramedics, practice nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists and practitioners in areas like occupational health or criminal justice.

Benefits

The course aims to contribute to the development of a practitioner who can fulfil the competencies and domains implicit in advanced practice in minor injuries. On completion of the course, it is expected that you will be working towards the goal of advanced practice.

This short course module is designed to be flexible in allowing you to study and reach your goals at your own pace. Our health CPD courses are credit-bearing modules that may contribute to a University degree or award.

Transfer course credits towards postgraduate taught degree

As a health care professional, once you've completed this course you could offset 15 credits as part of a postgraduate programme, continuing your study with further modules to make up a Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) 60 credits.

Upon completion of the course, you will be able to:

• Critically evaluate structured approaches to patient assessment
• Understand the ethical and legal responsibilities in patient assessment and management
• Utilize evidence-based practice in the assessment and management of a patient with a minor injury
• Demonstrate critical reasoning and decision-making in managing minor injury presentations
• Recognise limitations of role and explore opportunities to access appropriate resources.

To successfully complete the course, you will be required to complete the following:

• A Competency Assessment Document during the 50 hours of supervised clinical placement (PASS/FAIL)
• 3 x Critically Acclaimed Topics (short critiqued/analysed literature reviews) – GRADED
• 3 station OSCE – assessment, treatment and management of a patient with a minor injury– PASS/FAIL

Credits

This course is worth 15 credits toward eligible programmes.

If applying for this module, you MUST state the Module Title and Course Code in the personal statement tab. Without this we will be unaware of what module you are applying for and will delay your application decision.

This module requires 50 hours of supervised clinical placement in ED, UTC, or Minor Injury unit that allows assessment and management of patients (ideally child and adult) with minor injuries including ability to request and interpret x-rays. This placement must be arranged by you, as the student.

If you have any questions, you can contact us at pec@sgul.ac.uk.

Qualification requirements

To apply for this course, you will need to provide evidence that you have previous academic study suited to Level 7/MSc study. Please provide evidence of one of the following in your application:

• MSc – ideally in a healthcare related subject

• PgCert or 60 free-standing level 7 credits

• BSc(Hons) 2:2 or above – ideally in a healthcare related subject

• BSc with evidence of 30 credits + at Level 6 graded B grade or above

• DipHE with evidence of 30 credits + at Level 6 graded B grade or above

English requirements

If English is not your first language, you will require one of the following:

• A first degree from a UK university
• A first degree from an overseas institution recognised by City St George's, University of London as providing adequate evidence of proficiency in the English language, for example, from institutions from Australia, Canada or the United States of America
• International English Language Test Service (IELTS) a score of 7.0 is required with no subtest below 7.0
• Pearson Test of English (Academic) score 72 required
• TOEFL 100 overall with 24 in Writing, 20 in Listening, 19 Reading and 20 Speaking
• Other evidence of proficiency in the English language, which satisfies the board of studies concerned, including registration with your professional regulator.

Full details can be found on our English Language requirements webpage.