Leading Interprofessional Practice Education PGCert

University of Derby

This unique online course is accredited by Advance HE, formerly the Higher Education Academy (HEA), as meeting the Professional Standards Framework (PSF) for teaching and supporting learning, meaning you will be eligible to apply for Associate Fellowship or Fellowship of Advance HE when you graduate from the course. It is a postgraduate qualification that enables you to develop your skills and knowledge in education within your practice setting, putting you at the forefront of professional practice education. The course can be completed in one or two years of part-time online study, making it ideal for your professional development and career advancement. You’ll benefit from learning alongside a range of health, social care, and allied health professionals to help you develop the interprofessional academic and personal skills needed in future-focused educational practice. This course provides the opportunity to develop leadership skills and specialise in the teaching and support of undergraduate and postgraduate learners towards, during, and following assessment, through constructive feedback. You’ll also develop the ability to support diverse groups of learners with an ‘anti-exclusionary’ approach underpinned by a sound understanding of equality and accessibility, while increasing your digital capabilities through online study and demonstrating digital technologies in the facilitation of learning, the promotion of independent learning skills, and other teaching techniques.This online Postgraduate Certificate (PG Cert) Leading Interprofessional Practice Education (LIPPE) programme is for registered health and social care professionals who are supporting higher education learning, teaching and assessment across acute and community service provision, within their role. Many post-registration specialist and advanced practitioners will, once qualified, work autonomously. Whilst training and preparing for their role, they require thorough support to facilitate a range of on-the-job learning opportunities and advanced assessment of their ability to undertake complex assessment and form judgements while making decisions. This course aims to prepare you with the knowledge, skills, values and behaviours required to reflexively facilitate such learning and development across the broad experiential range and academic scope of the health and social care provision. This is a long-established programme now available as an online course. It has evolved over the years to reflect the changing requirements of educators working across the broad spectrum of Health and Social Care Services.