This generic pathway is designed to meet the needs of a range of health and social care professionals who are already practising at an advanced level or aspire to do so; the modules aim to provide the student with a tool kit of knowledge and critical thinking skills to support advanced practice and enhance patient/client care; practitioners who successfully complete this programme can demonstrate to their employers that they are knowledgeable and capable practitioners, able to contribute to the development of evidence-based practice; the content covers a range of different topics and knowledge bases relevant to contemporary practice.