Medical Education MA

Queen Mary University of London

Find better ways to motivate and engage learners in clinical education with our MA in Medical Education. Discover how to create medical education programmes that achieve maximum results, improve teaching practice and develop the expertise needed to lead medical education in your workplace.Study full-time or part-time alongside your professional commitmentsApply what you've learned directly to professional workConduct research and practical work in our outstanding research facilitiesDevelop industry contacts and enjoy networking opportunities and support from Academic Advisors and the student office.What you'll studyThis MA Medical Education has been specifically designed for doctors, dentists, senior nurses, allied health professionals and academics, involved in undergraduate or postgraduate teaching of clinicians.It aims to attract committed educators working in and around clinical contexts, who seek to both improve teaching and learning. You'll gain a deep understanding of how to evaluate and improve curriculum; and you'll understand more fully the educational potential of the working environment.You will be given opportunities to develop knowledge and skills as educators, using your own practice and workplace setting as a research context. You will engage with like-minded colleagues and analyse the nature and dynamics of teaching and learning in clinical education, drawing on a wide range of educational theories. This programme requires you to become an active researcher of medical education in order to develop teaching and learning opportunities for students.You can choose to study this MA full-time or part-time to fit around your commitments. We also offer this MA as an online programme or you can choose to study for a shorter Postgraduate Certificate, that can be studied part-time only on campus or online.