Rate My Professor Sarah Shardlow

Sarah Shardlow serves as Senior Lecturer in Advanced Clinical Practice and Programme Leader for the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice Degree Apprenticeship in the School of Nursing and Advanced Practice at Liverpool John Moores University. A registered nurse by background, she possesses extensive clinical expertise complemented by academic experience in postgraduate education. In her leadership role, she manages a two-year, part-time programme accredited by the Centre for Advancing Practice, which equips healthcare professionals with advanced knowledge, skills, and behaviours aligned to the national Advanced Clinical Practitioner apprenticeship standard. The curriculum integrates the four pillars of advanced practice—clinical practice, research, education, and leadership—through a blend of core and optional modules. Year one features 90 credits across modules including Introduction to the Principles of Advanced Clinical Practice, Clinical Assessment and Decision Making, Research in Practice, Multiprofessional Leadership and Management, and Principles of Clinical Education and Supervision. Year two comprises another 90 credits with Advanced Clinical Practice Inquiry, End Point Assessment, and two optional modules such as Independent and Supplementary Prescribing or specialist practice development in areas like cardiac care, emergency management, and deteriorating patient care. Delivered typically one day per week at the City Campus, the programme supports working professionals via off-the-job learning and employer sponsorship.

Shardlow contributes to teaching as a dissertation supervisor for MSc students and module team member for Pathophysiology in Advanced Practice. She co-authored the publication 'Where can advanced practice go next to support cardiac patients?' in the British Journal of Cardiac Nursing (2023), alongside colleagues including Joanna Lavery and Saiby Solomon, discussing advanced practice role expansion in cardiac rehabilitation from staff nurse to consultant levels. At LJMU's Students at the Heart Conference 2025, she delivered lightning talks on topics such as Advanced Practice formative peer review End Point Assessment presentations, emphasising multiprofessional feedback to foster collaboration, critical thinking, and interdisciplinary knowledge exchange. These sessions highlighted structured peer assessments that refine clinical change proposals, enhance problem-solving, and align with the NHSE Multiprofessional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice, yielding positive learner feedback and promoting continuous professional development.