MEd Clinical Education

Programme overview

Entry requirements

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

Programme specification

The programme will: offer learners a part-time, blended learning programme which has been designed with the needs of health care practitioners working in educational roles in clinical practice and in University in mind. The programme offers a generous proportion of contact time, including direct observation of teaching in practice and regular opportunities for micro-teaching as part of the Postgraduate Certificate, and opportunities for practical research skills sessions and peer review of research practice as part of the Diploma and Masters years. The programme offers a high level of support for academic and research skills development which is specifically tailored to practice-based adult learners. This not only enables students to fulfil their potential in relation to the PG Certificate but can also encourage and support their further development and progression to Masters level, and from the MEd. to doctoral study.

Academic leadership of the programme is informed by the wider strategy, values and standards of the University of Leeds which enables us to provide students with an inspirational experience of research-led teaching in and for practice which they, in turn, will seek to emulate in their own clinical education context. A key aspect of this experience is the influence that excellence in clinical education research and teaching exerts on public policy and practice, which the course team models throughout the programme for both students and the healthcare stakeholders supporting and benefitting from their studies. The University of Leeds values of community, inclusiveness, integrity and professionalism are, within our programme, also underpinned by and in dialogue with the values espoused by healthcare professionals. Patient safety, public protection and trust are revisited throughout the programme, where they provide a touchstone for debates about learning, teaching and assessment in practice. The capacity to develop and demonstrate this synergy between academic theory and professional practice is drawn partly from the wider university infrastructure, partly from the rich diversity of experience and collaborative approach which characterises the Programme Management Team and partly from the knowledge transfer and networking which results from the observation of teaching in the learner workplace during the Certificate and the practice-led research focus at the Diploma and Masters stages.

As students move through the programme, the emphasis shifts from their individual practice as clinical educators to a concern with their wider roles, as change agents and advocates for learning and teaching within a broader context. To support this, there is a critical engagement with evidence-based teaching and learning, and support in developing both the capacity to critique research and to design and conduct small-scale empirical research on issues and topics relevant to clinical education workplace. A distinctive feature of the programme is the Clinical Education Alumni Network, which encourages and supports graduates to disseminate their research via conference presentations or scholarly journals and thus contributes to building research capacity.

A further distinctive feature of the programme is the multi-professional and interdisciplinary nature of the course and programme teams which draws on expertise from a range of clinical professions and academic disciplines across the social and healthcare sciences and diverse teaching experience in clinical and non-clinical workplaces and tertiary institutions.

Year 1

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Optional Modules

Students will be required to achieve 60 credits, completing one of the below compulsory pathways.

Hybrid Pathway

Online Pathway

Both modules in a single pathway must be completed. It is not possible to study one module from each pathway.

Year 2

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules: MEDS5116M Developing Educational Practice MEDS5109M Researching Clinical Education

Year 3

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module: MEDS5110M Clinical Education Dissertation

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