MEd Clinical Education

Year 1

(Award available for year: Postgraduate Certificate)

Learning outcomes

Subject Specific Learning Outcomes:
LO 1. Educational Design and Practice: Demonstrate a critical understanding of educational design, delivery, and evaluation principles, and apply them to enhance teaching in clinical and higher education settings.
LO 2. Application of Theory and Research: Independently synthesize and apply educational theories and research to improve clinical education and address current issues in healthcare learning environments.
LO 3. Professional Reflection and Development: Engage in reflective practice to assess and develop personal and peer teaching practices, while promoting interprofessional collaboration within healthcare education.

Competence Standards
CS1.Effectively demonstrate an understanding of learning, teaching, assessment and evaluation in clinical and higher education settings.
CS2. Apply knowledge of teaching and assessment independently
CS3. Demonstrate a reflective approach to evaluate personal educational practices and that of others
CS4. Demonstrate an understanding of the challenges and benefits of inter-professional healthcare education.
CS5. Effectively evaluate current trends and research in clinical education

Transferable (key) skills

Educational Design and Practice: Design, implement and evaluate evidence- informed clinical education strategies and assessments, using creative, inclusive and appropriate approaches to enhance learning across healthcare professions.

Professional Reflection and Development: Demonstrate critical self-reflection and ongoing professional development through sustained engagement with academic feedback, peer learning and career-relevant skills in clinical and academic settings.

Assessment

Achievement for the Year 1 (Postgraduate Certificate) will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the programme.

Approach to assessment
The assessments in the year 1 (PGCert) Clinical Education modules are designed to encourage students to integrate theoretical concepts, research, and practical skills, facilitating deep reflection and critical analysis of clinical education practices. These assessments allow students to engage meaningfully with the core themes of the module whilst developing skills to support their development as effective clinical educators.

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