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PgCert Health Professional Education

  • DeadlineStudy Details: 1 year

Masters Degree Description

This course is aimed at all healthcare professionals wishing to gain a recognised teaching qualification. It explores teaching and learning theories and practice within a national and international context. This will enable you to develop your knowledge, skills and abilities related to evidence-based learning, teaching and assessment, which you will be able to apply within a range of academic and health professional settings.

As part of the teaching hours requirement of the practice portfolio, you will have opportunities to develop and enhance integration of scholarship, research and professional activities in relation to teaching and facilitating learning.
As part of the practice portfolio, you will be supported to reflect on and continue to develop your current and ongoing knowledge, skills and competence as an educator.

The practice portfolio provides a medium for recording your progress and creates an effective professional and personal portfolio whilst ensuring quality provision for learners under your supervision. It helps you to achieve your individual career aspirations in relation to delivering teaching and facilitating learning.

Entry Requirements

Entry requirements for this course are:

Teaching route

Be a health care professional, with post qualifying experience that has extended your professional knowledge relevant to your field of practice.
Have an Honours degree (2:2 or above) or equivalent.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

Previous graduates from courses in this subject area have gone on to work in a variety of roles such as Advice worker, Care manager, Community development worker, Community education officer, Family support worker, Health improvement practitioner, Health service manager, Youth worker, Equality, diversity and inclusion officer.

Module Details

Core Modules:

Learning and Teaching: Theories Processes and Strategies in HPE
Assessment in Health Professional Education
Practice of Health Professional Education (Teaching Practice)

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