PGCert Teaching and Learning in Clinical Practice
Postgraduate
Blended
Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Methodology
Blended
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Duration
18 Months
This is a collaborative, multi-professional programme for those working in a clinical setting, providing the opportunity for participants to improve teaching and assessment skills and understand how individuals learn. The course is suitable for all experienced clinicians, including medical doctors of all disciplines, general practitioners, dentists, nurses and allied health professionals who teach, support learning and are involved in assessment processes, whether formal or informal.
The course is run by Edge Hill University and is an accredited programme of the Higher Education Academy. Students completing this course will therefore be eligible to apply for Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.
About this course
Upon successful completion of this programme, you will have developed the knowledge and skills required of clinical and educational supervisors, practice education facilitators, as well as other roles in clinical and medical education.
If you are already working in such a position, the programme will enable you to develop your role and enable you to reflect upon and share your expertise whilst acquiring an accredited academic qualification.
Applicants need to be qualified clinicians, with some experience of, or access to, supervising and/or teaching in their daily work. A degree, degree-level qualification or professional qualification supplemented by relevant experience will normally form part of an applicant’s profile.
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Subjects
- Medical training
- Medical
- Teaching
- Learning
- Clinical Practice
- Assessing Learning
- Evaluating Teaching
- Medical Workplace
- Quality management
Course programme
CPD4454 Teaching and Learning in the Clinical Context (20 credits)
CPD4456 Delivering Teaching and Facilitating Learning Opportunities (20 credits)
You will select one of the following modules:
CPD4455 Assessing Learning and Evaluating Teaching (20 credits)
CPD4707 Supporting the Postgraduate Learner in the Medical Workplace (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
PGCert Teaching and Learning in Clinical Practice