This course is an excellent opportunity for health professionals such as Doctors, Nurses, Midwives, Physiotherapists, Pharmacists and Radiographers who are involved with teaching and supervising students to strengthen their skill-set and progress their career. The General Medical Council recognises that educators require the necessary knowledge for this role and that there is a need for greater professionalism and accountability as clinical teachers.

This course will introduce you to the latest theoretical base and expose you to the challenges of teaching students in the clinical environment. The overall aim of the course is to improve the quality and effectiveness of clinical teaching. Participants will develop expertise and specialist knowledge in their chosen areas of clinical education.

The course is divided into three levels: Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, and full MSc. Students can step off at any level. Students who successfully complete the 60 credit Certificate course are able to opt to proceed to a Diploma which is a further 60 credits, in total amounting to 120 credits. A student attaining the Diploma can then progress to a MSc (180 credits in total).

Postgraduate Certificate

Open to Home (UK) and international students part time as a distance learning (online) course.

This course will cover the fundamentals of clinical education, introduce you to the latest theoretical base and expose you to the challenges of teaching and assessing students in the clinical environment. The overall aim of the course is to improve the quality and effectiveness of clinical teaching through:

Understanding a learner-centred approach

Developing practical teaching and assessment skills

Promoting understanding of educational theory

Promoting reflective practice in education and clinical practice

Promoting evidence based education

MSc

Open to Home (UK) and international students part time as a distance learning (online) course.

Achieving the MSc will develop your knowledge and necessary skills to ensure professionalism is reached and maintained for clinical leaders. It will provide the individual with advanced expertise and specialist knowledge in clinical education and enable you to display critical analysis and independent thinking, to progress you in clinical education teaching. To complete the masters, you undertake a clinical education-based research project.

The total academic credit rating for the MSc degree is 180 credits, of which the taught modules comprise 120 credits and the dissertation 60 credits.

On successful completion of your Dissertation, you should be able to:

Communicate a framework of reference (such as a literature review), to show the relevance of the proposed research.

Display evidence of critical analysis, independence of thought and an understanding of advanced concepts and methods related to research.

Demonstrate the appropriateness and intellectual coherence of the research design/plan of argument for linking questions to methods and conclusions.

Select appropriate information gathering methods and implement these effectively and with a high level of judgement.

Show evidence of advanced methods of analysis and of a high level of skill in their execution.

Where appropriate, evidence of critical evaluation and reassessment of results and techniques during the research period.

Show evidence of intellectual rigour in the interpretation of the results of the analysis.

Analyse ethical issues (where appropriate).

Produce a report of appropriate style, organization and structure.

Display a high level of written English and expository methods.

Your career

On completion of the PG Certificate, you will be able to teach in a range of clinical settings, with a broad range of expertise and sector specific knowledge attained.