Medical Education (Simulation) PGCert

• Learning & Teaching in Medical Education (20 credits)
• Principles of Assessment in Medical Education (20 credits)
• Simulation for Healthcare Education and Practice (20 credits)

The two core modules establish principles of teaching, learning and assessment. Each module is 12 weeks long and our modules will have start dates in January, May or September of each year. The new SHEP module will become available for students to take from January 2019 and will probably run once a year subject to demand.

The indicative content of the SHEP module includes; the theoretical basis of simulation; the evidence base for its use in enhancing safe healthcare practice; developing learning outcomes for simulation events; facilitation, and immersion, feedback and debriefing in simulation, and is intended to enhance participant’s confidence and competence in the use of simulation for education and practice.

• CM50136 - Learning and Teaching in Medical Education
• CM50137 - Principles of Assessment in Medical Education
• CM50160- Simulation for Healthcare Education and Practice

• Our postgraduate programmes in Medical Education are delivered through an online virtual learning environment and incorporate a range of interactive teaching activities.
• These resources enable regular peer and tutor interaction and include podcasts, blogs, discussion boards, webinars, video clips and formative feedback.
• Each module is 200 hours of notional study which is built around tutor-delivered material, peer interaction, directed self-study and assignments.
• Currently there is a face to face component for the simulation module. Further details on enquiry.
• The programme commences with a tutor supported online orientation module which promotes familiarity with the tools, processes and facilities available to you during your academic journey with us.
• Aspects of the delivered material is asynchronous, allowing you to plan your own timetable of study.

• Each module is assessed via submission of written assignments, and in the case of the Simulation for Healthcare Education and Practice (SHEP) module sharing recordings of student simulation experiences. There are no exams.
• Your assignments will be contextualised to your own setting allowing you to demonstrate the application of theory, concepts, principles and practices of simulation based education to your own work-based practice.
• We encourage you to critically reflect and evaluate your own learning and to work with your peers, providing feedback to each other on your self-evaluation, as well receiving tutor feedback on all aspects of your formative and summative assignments.
• Students can undertake much of the work in their own time in accordance with their schedule, working to the fixed final assessment deadline(s) for each module intake.
• The summative assignment submission deadline is in week 12 for each 20 credit module.What you will study