Health Professions Education
Designed for those interested in developing themselves in a healthcare education role, the programme offers flexible learning to suit students who are working while they study. Cultivate your teaching practice to instil principles and values of interprofessional education and support the development of the future and current healthcare work force.
Key information
- PgCert (1 year), PgDip (2 years), and MSc (3 years) options available.
- Learn collaboratively with other professions and disciplines.
- Learn online, and benefit from award-winning technology infrastructure.
What you will study
- The Health Professions Education programme will inspire scholarship, research and leadership in health professions education.
- Cover a range of approaches and methods of teaching, with learning and assessment where you will engage in independent and group study.
- Study design of education for the health professions, the principles of assessment, how to measure impact on learning, and research methods.
- Learn with, from and about the professional experience of colleagues on the course.
- Aspects of the programme will be interprofessional and interdisciplinary, enabling you to reflect on and share your own teaching and learning practices.
How will you be taught?
- Each taught module will use teaching and learning methods appropriate to its aims and learning outcomes, this may include lectures, seminars, facilitated workshops and tutorials.
- The programme will be delivered online with a mixture of some real-time, scheduled teaching and some independent study where there is flexibility of accessing learning materials at a time convenient to your own circumstances.
- The programme delivery platform is supported by an award-winning learning technology infrastructure. This innovative and interactive platform allows you to access all of the programme resources, announcements, timetable, and lectures (both live and recorded).
Knowledge and skills
Teaching and research techniques
Broaden your subject knowledge and apply established techniques of research and enquiry.
Critical thinking skills
Learn to think critically and creatively about education for the healthcare professions.
Leadership and project management
Improve your personal leadership and project management skills.
Careers
The Health Professions Education programme will help learners to develop their healthcare educational role, or to prepare to pursue an academic career in healthcare education or healthcare education research.
Accreditation
The PgCert Health Professions Educations has been accredited by the Academy of Medical Educators.
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