Postgraduate Certificate Medical Education

Bachelor's degree

In Telford

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Telford

  • Duration

    1 Year

The Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education is a vocationally focused programme intended to prepare hospital-based doctors (at SHO, Registrar, Specialist Registrar and Consultant level), GPs, Senior Clinical Grades and related health professionals, to become medical educators in the workplace and to improve existing skills and knowledge.

The Postgraduate Certificate Medical Education course explores the nature of teaching and learning in the clinical environment. It focuses upon the ways in which the medical teacher-practitioner may enable learning through a range of methodologies. It also explores the rationale and methods by which clinical learning is assessed across a range of metrics as well as critically evaluating the effectiveness of these instruments.

Upon completion of the Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education, you will have achieved an understanding of how people learn and a range of teaching and learning methodologies. You will have studied how training needs are identified, how learning is assessed and how training interventions may be evaluated. Additionally you will have learned how to improve performance through reflective practice. This will be achieved via a range of teaching and learning methods, delivered within a contextually relevant and academically challenging programme of study.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Telford (Shropshire)
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Level 3 Southwater One, Southwater Sqare, Southwater Way, TF3 4JG

Start date

On request

About this course

At the end of this course you, the student, will be able to:

Critically apply knowledge, understanding and skills appropriate to a postgraduate role of medical educator, within the health sector and the specific clinical context.
Critically appraise key concepts and theoretical positions that have been developed, or are developing, within learning, teaching, training, assessing and evaluating learning interventions and professional development.
Reflect on the academic and practical application of medical education theories and practices , assessing and evaluating learning interventions and professional development.
Demonstrate a broad range of transferable skills, both personal and academic, enabling the individual to maximise the range and relevance of their CPD professional development.
Analyse and synthesise theory and practice, presenting findings in confident, digitally literate and innovative media as a medical educator professional development.
Critically appraise clinical and medical education professional standards within the health sector and recognise obligations to their learners, the profession and society.

To join the Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education participants:
Will normally be healthcare professionals who occupy or, have occupied, a position where they deliver or manage learning, training and development,
within a Healthcare environment. They will also need to hold one of the following qualifications:

A first or second class honours degree from a UK university or overseas equivalent
a professional qualification deemed to be equivalent to an appropriate honours degree
qualifications and experience deemed to be equivalent to the above.

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Subjects

  • Medical training
  • Medical Education
  • Medical
  • Teaching

Course programme

September start

Semester 1

7HR013 Design and Deliver Medical Education (hand in sem2)

Semester 2

7HR014 People Development in Healthcare

7HR010 The Reflective Practitioner

The Reflective Practitioner

Examine and reflect on your own experience, derive the appropriate theory and then develop action related to the demands of work. Understand the concept of critical reflective practice in relation to action learning and experiential/action learning.

People Development in Health Care

Develop a critical understanding of the contribution of learning and development policies, practices and strategies, particularly coaching and mentoring, in formulating and achieving sustainable development objectives at all strategic levels in Health Care.

Design and Deliver Medical Education

Focus upon the ways in which the medical teacher-practitioner may enable learning through a range of methodologies. Explore the rationale and methods by which clinical learning is assessed across a range of metrics, critically evaluating the effectiveness of these instruments.

Postgraduate Certificate Medical Education

Price on request