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Medical Education
The Medical School,
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health
Course description
This is a highly flexible course, designed to fit around your needs and commitments. The course provides the opportunity for healthcare professionals with a developing interest in medical education to explore the theoretical principles underpinning medical education and consider how this relates to their practice.
The course aims to develop medical educators who are informed and understand the core principles and issues in medical education. Participants on this course come from a range of healthcare professions such as doctors, dentists, psychiatrists, nurses, physician associates and paramedics.
This course is delivered through a highly experienced, multi-disciplinary team of expert tutors. Whether you are new to teaching or want to enhance existing skills, you'll gain expertise in effective medical education and develop a scholarly approach to implementing educational practices and strategies. Throughout your studies, we encourage you to make critical links between your own practice, theory and policy.
We are a leading centre for medical education. Our curriculum is innovative and highly regarded, developing our students to achieve their potential. The Academic Unit of Medical Education includes the Clinical Skills Centre, Medical Teaching Unit (Anatomy) and the Academic Unit of Primary Medical Care.
Accreditation
Accredited by the Academy of Medical Educators
Modules
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The content of our courses is reviewed annually to make sure it's up-to-date and relevant. Individual modules are occasionally updated or withdrawn. This is in response to discoveries through our world-leading research; funding changes; professional accreditation requirements; student or employer feedback; outcomes of reviews; and variations in staff or student numbers. In the event of any change we'll consult and inform students in good time and take reasonable steps to minimise disruption. We are no longer offering unrestricted module choice. If your course included unrestricted modules, your department will provide a list of modules from their own and other subject areas that you can choose from.
Duration
1 year part-time
Teaching
- Taught study days (two per module)
- Practical activities
- Weekly online discussion board posting
- Weekly essential and optional reading
This programme helps colleagues deliver world-class learning experiences within their workplace, which is vital for the development of the future workforce and to sustain and grow healthcare provision to meet future challenges. We pride ourselves on providing opportunities to work alongside colleagues across diverse disciplines and content is directly related to clinical and healthcare teaching and assessment. There is an emphasis on using current issues and real-life situations to help participants bridge the gap between theory, practice and policy.
Andrew Stork
Programme Director
Assessment
Each of the modules is assessed independently via written submissions.
Your career
Our graduates have had the opportunity to secure roles within medical and healthcare education, training and supervision, senior management roles including NHS Training Director and Armed Forces Training Commander, as well as academic positions in higher education.
They work in many healthcare settings such as the NHS or in private healthcare, as well as universities around the world.
Student profiles
Entry requirements
You will need
- a recognised degree in a healthcare profession
- experience in teaching or supervising learning in a healthcare or related setting
- access to learners in a healthcare or related setting
Overall IELTS score of 7.5 with a minimum of 7.0 in each component, or equivalent.
As this course is taught part-time, it is not open to applicants who require a visa to study in the UK.
If you have any questions about entry requirements, please contact the department.
Fees and funding
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This course has limited capacity, and we review applications on a first-come, first-served basis. This means that we may have filled all our places before the advertised application deadline.
Any supervisors and research areas listed are indicative and may change before the start of the course.
Recognition of professional qualifications: from 1 January 2021, in order to have any UK professional qualifications recognised for work in an EU country across a number of regulated and other professions you need to apply to the host country for recognition. Read information from the UK government and the EU Regulated Professions Database.