Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: MSc, 32 - 40 months
PGCert, 8 - 12 months
PGDip, 20 - 24 months
Gain a clinical education qualification and learn to deliver, organise and lead clinical training.
Join us online for a flexible Masters in Clinical Education that fits around full-time work.
Graduate with the knowledge and skills to develop, deliver, and research first-class clinical education in your own discipline.
Tailor your learning with elective courses in teaching with simulation, teaching technology, clinical learning in primary care, and more.
Enjoy one-to-one support for your professional development goals and MSc research project.
Mix 24/7 learning resources you can access anytime with live online teaching sessions, for a more social and active learning experience.
Outstanding teaching and networking
You’ll learn from senior academics, lecturers and NHS staff from a variety of clinical backgrounds. All are actively engaged in clinical education and pedagogic research.
You’ll study alongside students working as clinical staff in medical, dental, and nursing education, as well as doctors, nurses, dentists, physician associates and other healthcare professionals.
An honours level degree, usually in healthcare (eg, MBChB, nursing, or BDS), or
an honours level degree in a healthcare-related area (eg, psychology).
You should also be currently involved in teaching practice.
You’ll graduate ready to enhance and advance clinical education practice, wherever you work.
The contacts you make within the University will enhance the credibility of your degree and help establish your reputation as a contributor to essential research projects.
Graduate pathways
Graduates of this programme have gone on to develop as educators in a variety of roles, including Lecturers in Medical Education, Clinical Supervisors, and Simulation Faculty.
Many have also gone on to lead roles in academic programmes, clinical postgraduate training, and to conduct healthcare education research in areas including Selection and Assessment Psychometrics.
Core Modules:
Core Values of a Clinical Educator
Planning and Design of Clinical Education
Principles of Assessment in Clinical Education
Teaching and Facilitating Learning in Clinical Education
Fundamentals of Research Design
Fundamentals of Data Management and Analysis
Leadership in Higher / Clinical Education
Research Project in Clinical Education
Optional Modules:
Clinical Learning and Personal Development in Primary Care
Human Factors, Safety and Education
Self-Selected Study Course
Teaching and Learning Professionalism in Clinical Education
Teaching and Learning with Simulation
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