Online
1 year
SEP-25
Postgraduate Certificate
Health Education Education Studies
Taught
The Health Professions Education online programme is for those interested in developing themselves in a healthcare education role, and offers the flexibility of learning to suit those currently employed. The programme will cultivate teaching practice which instils the principles and values of interprofessional education to support the development of the future and current healthcare work force.
Course details
Increasing pressures on healthcare systems require flexible, accessible, creative, and relevant learning opportunities, particularly for educators who are also clinically active. On the Health Professions Education programme, you will examine the principles and values of a range of educational approaches.
Highlights
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A fully online part-time programme which offers flexibility of learning to suit those currently employed in a health care or academic setting.
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As an interprofessional and interdisciplinary programme, it provides opportunities to learn collaboratively about a range of educational contexts and teaching practices.
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Provision of experiential and immersive learning opportunities so that learners undertaking the modules can have real-time experience of the concepts being taught.
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Award-winning learning technology infrastructure and support to provide innovative, interactive and flexible learning and to support the student learning journey.
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Staff from a variety of disciplines and healthcare backgrounds with expertise and experience in educating healthcare professionals in a range of community and acute care settings, in interprofessional education, and in educational research.
The Health Professions Education programme will inspire scholarship, research and leadership in health professions education. This programme will help to develop inquisitive educators who are equipped to deliver high-quality learning opportunities for health professionals.
The programme content will cover a range of approaches and methods of teaching, learning and assessment where learners will engage in independent and group study. Aspects of the programme will be interprofessional and interdisciplinary, enabling learners to reflect on and share their own teaching and learning practices. The programme will provide the opportunity to learn with, from and about each other’s educational contexts. Action learning sets will be utilised to bring a challenging or complex issue to discuss and share ideas for resolution. Learners will be able to develop a toolkit which will enhance their problem-solving abilities, critical thinking skills and teaching strategies.
For this course (per year)
£5,100
For this course (per year)
£5,100
A 2.1 Honours undergraduate degree in a health profession or in a relevant field (including but not limited to Health Sciences).