PG Certificate Clinical Education (Part Time)

Key details

PG CERTIFICATE CLINICAL EDUCATION (PART TIME)

Start Year

2022

Attendance

Part Time

Award

Postgraduate Certificate

Duration (years)

Our course offers you the ideal opportunity to learn from experienced clinical educators in an inter-professional context. Our teaching combines workshops and distance learning, and our course activities are designed to facilitate critical thinking, collaboration, workplace-based reflection and learning, and professional development.

The course attracts students from a variety of professional backgrounds, across the fields of health and social care, including intercalating MBBS students. This rich mix of student knowledge, skills and experience is an incredible resource, challenging you to think about the different ways different people learn and helping you grow into an adaptable and creative teacher in the future.

Throughout the course you’ll explore advances in both theory and practice in clinical education, and you’ll apply what you have learned to work-based projects. You will increase your knowledge and skills and broaden your perspective.

About

Studying for a Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Education at UEA will set you apart as a leader and educator in your field. Designed for health and social care professionals, it’s a great way to develop your teaching, support and supervision skills, so that you can help others to learn, whether in clinical practice or higher education.

You can complete your PG Cert qualification in one year part-time, during which you’ll explore clinical education theory and practice, and apply your knowledge and skills to work-based projects. You’ll develop fresh insights and get motivated to bring about change and promote excellence in clinical education.

If you are an excellent communicator and have a desire and aptitude for teaching, our course will open new doors for you. You could become a full-time educator, a mentor, or a supervisor in a health care setting. Either way, you’ll graduate ready to train and inspire the healthcare workforce of the future.

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Important Information

Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the courses listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the regular review of course programmes. Where this activity leads to significant (but not minor) changes to programmes, there will normally be prior consultation of students and others. Changes may for example consist of variations to the content and method of delivery of programmes, courses and other services, to discontinue programmes, courses and other services and to merge or combine programmes or courses. The University will endeavour to keep such changes to a minimum, and will inform students.

Assessment for Year 1

You will experience a variety of formative and summative assessments throughout the course. They include critical and reflective essays, and oral presentations of work-based projects.

Structure

You can complete your Postgraduate certificate by studying one year part-time.

During your time with us you will need to complete two compulsory modules:

Enhancing teaching, learning & assessment in clinical education (20 credits)
Leading teaching, learning & assessment in clinical education (40 credits)

Within your compulsory modules you will explore advances in both theory and practice in clinical education, and you’ll learn to apply your knowledge to the practical design and development of teaching and inquiry methods.

The clinical education modules are designed to help you reflect on your own learning in order to support learning in others. They will also help you develop the skills you need to design your own teaching programmes and techniques, in a way that is relevant to your discipline and clinical area.

Teaching and Learning

Teaching

This programme is a collaborative initiative between the Norwich Medical School and the School of Health Sciences within the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMH) at UEA. The Faculty has an excellent reputation and this course offers you the ideal opportunity to learn from experienced clinical educators in an inter-professional context. Its blended approach combines workshops and distance learning, with activities designed to facilitate critical thinking, collaboration, workplace-based reflection and learning, and your professional development as an educator.

Face-to-face contact hours vary between modules, ranging from three to four full contact days.

Independent study

As well as hours spent in the classroom, you will undertake pre- and post-class activities, independent study, and spend time preparing assignments.

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Open Days

PART TIME: Students must complete the two Core Modules to gain the 60 credits

Assessment for Year 1

You will experience a variety of formative and summative assessments throughout the course. They include critical and reflective essays, and oral presentations of work-based projects.

Compulsory Modules

ENHANCING TEACHING LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT IN CLINICAL EDUCATION

Code HSC-7065D

Credits 20

This module will introduce you to the underpinning educational theory and practice required to enhance your clinical education role, particularly as a clinical supervisor, mentor, or practice educator. It recognises the uniqueness of learning in clinical and practice settings and the importance of the role of the educator in facilitating learning which occurs in the context of client care.You will develop skills and experience professional socialisation which cannot readily be acquired elsewhere. The overall aim of the module is to provide you with a body of knowledge and principles to facilitate teaching, learning and assessment in practice-based settings. This will enable you to work effectively with learners who will become the workforce of the future and ultimately to improve services. This module is relevant to all health and social care professionals who supervise/mentor students, other clinicians who teach in higher education, whether they are new to these roles or new to studying at masters level. Nursing and midwifery professionals who are taking this module as a route to mentorship must have access to a pre-registration student on a recognised NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council) program in order to teach, supervise and assess the learner.

Leading Teaching Learning and Assessment in Clinical Education

Code HSC-7066H

Credits 40

This module will support you to advance your skills as educators and develop your knowledge in leadership in education and supporting other educators. This module is relevant to all health and social care professionals who supervise/mentor students and or educators/mentors/supervisors, other clinicians, or who teach in higher education, whether you are new to these roles or new to studying at masters level. Nursing and midwifery professionals who are taking this module as a route to mentorship must have access to a pre-registration student on a recognised NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council) program in order to teach, supervise and assess the learner

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Open Days

Important Information

Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the modules listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the annual monitoring and review of modules. Where this activity leads to significant change to a programme and modules, the University will endeavour to consult with affected students. The University may not be able to offer a module for reasons outside of its control, such as the illness of a member of staff. Availability of optional modules may be restricted owing to timetabling, lack of demand, or limited places. Where this is the case, you will be asked to make alternative module choices and you will be supported during this process.

PG Certificate CLINICAL EDUCATION (PART TIME)