PGCert Workplace-based Postgraduate Medical Education

Postgraduate

Online

£ 3001-4000

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Duration

    1 Year

This is a course designed to meet the needs of medical educators. It will enable you to meet the new General Medical Council (GMC) standards for trainers and be accredited by Health Education North West as clinical or educational supervisors.

The programme is suitable for consultants, higher speciality trainees and non-consultant career-grade doctors working within the Health Education North West region.

About this course

Successful completion of this programme will enable you to critically analyse and explore the role of teaching and learning in the clinical context and make critical judgments within the medical workplace.

You will enhance your skills in teaching, assessment, appraisal, supervision and reflective practice, with the opportunity to review your own professional needs and to plan and undertake relevant and appropriate activities to meet those identified needs.

You need to have a relevant honours degree, usually in medicine, to join this programme. You should be a hospital doctor, consultant, Staff-grade and Associate Specialist (SAS) or higher specialty trainee (ST3 and above).

Modules are open to suitably qualified clinicians across all specialities, however as places are limited, priority will be given to those nominated by Health Education North West.

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Subjects

  • Medical
  • Medical training
  • Medical Education
  • Medical Workplace
  • Teaching
  • Learning
  • Educational Climate
  • Philosophy
  • Delivering Teaching
  • Leadership
  • Management
  • Clinical Education

Course programme

CPD4706 Teaching and Learning in the Medical Workplace (20 credits)

CPD4707 Supporting the Postgraduate Learner in the Medical Workplace (20 credits)

You will select one of the following modules:

CPD4456 Delivering Teaching and Facilitating Learning Opportunities (20 credits)

CPD4708 Managing and Developing Medical Education (20 credits)

CPD7004 Educational Leadership in Health Settings (20 credits)

CPD7006 E-learning in Clinical Education (20 credits)

CPD7009 Using Simulation to Support Clinical Learning (20 credits)

CPD7011 Mentoring and Coaching in Clinical Education (20 credits)

Optional modules provide an element of choice within the programme curriculum. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by timetabling requirements.

Additional information

Tuition fees for studying on this Postgraduate Certificate are: £31 per credit for UK and EU students enrolling on the programme in academic year 2016/17, i.e. £620 per 20 credit module; £32 per credit for UK and EU students enrolling on the programme in academic year 2017/18, i.e. £640 per 20 credit module.

PGCert Workplace-based Postgraduate Medical Education

£ 3001-4000