Clinical Education PGDip

King's College London, University of London

The Masters in Clinical Education provides a flexible framework for pursuing your professional development goals as an educator in the health professions. The programme is carefully tailored to the needs of health professionals who engage in teaching, training, supervising, and supporting the learning of colleagues in the clinical professions. On completion of the postgraduate certificate, you will become a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). You will also be eligible to become a Member of the Academy of Medical Educators (AoME) upon application.Key benefitsFirmly embedded in the practice of professionals working in healthcare settings.Links with interprofessional Continuing Professional Development.Relates theories of teaching and learning to the context of clinical practice.Designed and delivered at one of the largest centres for healthcare education in Europe.Located in the heart of London.Postgraduate DiplomaUpon successful completion of the Postgraduate Certificate, and with agreement from the programme team, participants can apply to continue their study into the Diploma level. Participants at this level can pursue one further required module and three option modules from a range of interdisciplinary and discipline-specific options. The basis of the Diploma is the module Using Research in Clinical Education. This module offers participants an insight and understanding into the methodologies and methods used to conduct enquiry in clinical education settings, and an opportunity to develop their ability to systematically analyse the existing research in order to understand more about pedagogical issues in day-to-day clinical practice. The second module at this level, Researching Clinical Education, which is required to continue onto the masters level but is otherwise optional at the diploma level, takes this a step further by encouraging participants to develop their own plan for designing and conducting an appropriate enquiry in their own settings. Colleagues with an existing Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Education, or a similar award, from another institution, may apply for admission at this level by requesting an Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL).