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Clinical Education PGCert, PGDip and MSc

Key Information

Location

Brunel University London

Start date

September

Subject area

Advanced Clinical Practice

Public Health and Health Promotion

Mode of study

1 year full-time

2 years part-time

Fees

2024/25

UK £12,650

International £21,260

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Entry requirements

Degree in a relevant health profession with at least one year of clinical work experience

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Overview

The College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (CHMLS) has a long and successful track record in the education and training of allied health professionals, which is now expanding to include undergraduate medicine and nursing awards.

This new programme is available to internal and external applicants including our clinical partners and collaborators who accept students on clinical placements.

PgCert in Clinical Education will register its first cohort in September 2023 for the academic year 2023-24, the course will run part-time for 12 months.

MSc and PgDip will have their first intake in September 2024.

The programme content may be offered as:

  • A staged / stepwise approach to academic credit acquisition and awards,
  • Stand-alone modules for CPD and credit accumulation for a FHEQ level 7 awards, i.e. faculty development for the delivery of our medicine, nursing and allied health and social care programmes, i.e. associate student registration.

The College has established good relationships between health professional programmes and NHS partners and this is degree represents;

  • A good foundation for research capability to furnish the research elements for dissertation
  • An opportunity for collaborative projects with our partners for NHS improvement.
  • An emphasise the multi-professional and diverse nature of the programme, i.e. open to all the medical and health professions, reflecting today’s NHS
  • An articulation of the Health Education England pathway and framework options for learning, i.e. education, communication, simulation, digital clinical education, business and leadership in clinical contexts, research.

This programme is specifically for;

  • Recent graduates interested in further training,
  • Experienced clinical practitioners (without a Masters’ degree) requiring and / or have an interest in, knowledge and skills development, in order to contribute to higher education and for career progression. Accordingly, we aspire to support our medicine and health professional programmes, i.e. Brunel colleagues, clinical educators that train our students in practice.
  • International students who are attracted to Brunel University London from the CHMLS expanding global network,
  • Our existing Brunel colleagues, g. the Medical Education Fellows who are contributing to the MBBS learning and teaching.

Course content

Table 1: Programme Structure for the MSc in Clinical Education

Name of Module

Level

Credits

Core /Option

Notes

PG Certificate

Developing Educational Practice / Advanced Communication Strategies

Cert

15

Compulsory

New

Assessment and Quality Assurance in Clinical Education

Cert

15

Compulsory

New

Planning an Inclusive Curriculum

Cert

15

Compulsory

New

Clinical Education and Digital Cultures

Cert

15

Compulsory

New

PG Diploma

 

 

 

 

Applied Research Methods in Clinical Education

Diploma

15

Core

New: Shared elements with the validated module: PN5604: Applied Research in Health and Social Care

Facilitating Interprofessional Learning

Diploma

15

Compulsory

New

Advanced Clinical Leadership (PH5612)

Diploma

15

Option

Validated for the ACP programme

Simulation in Clinical Education

Diploma

15

Option

New

Evidencing Contemporary Clinical Education Practice

Diploma

15

Option

New

Masters

 

 

 

 

Dissertation (60)

 

Masters

 

60

Core

New

Compulsory

  • MP1 Developing Educational Practice - Advanced Communication Strategies
    To facilitate the development of pedagogic practice competence by exploring different forms of communication and their appropriate use in clinical education practice. To explore the relevance of education and motivation theories and their relevance to pedagogic practice in clinical settings
  • MP3 Assessment and Quality Assurance in Clinical Education
  • MP2 Planning an Inclusive Curriculum
  • MP4 Clinical Education and Digital Culture
  • MP5 Applied Research Methods in Clinical Education
  • MP6 Facilitating Interprofessional Learning
  • MP10 Dissertation

Optional

  • PH5612 - Advanced Clinical Leadership
    This module aims to develop advanced knowledge, skills, qualities and behaviours of leadership for clinical healthcare professionals working in a range of roles in healthcare settings in the NHS. This knowledge and skills literacy will nurture and enhance existing team-working skills and clinical leadership requirements in order to evidence advanced level skills.
  • MP9 Simulation in Clinical Education
  • MP8 Evidencing Contemporary Clinical Education Practice

This course can be studied undefined undefined, starting in undefined.

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

Careers and your future

Graduates of a Masters in Clinical Education go on to be successful in the various educational roles enhancing pedagogic practice within professional environments.

The award can be the springboard for leadership opportunities within clinical and teaching positions - some graduates pursue further research including doctoral theses.

The various characteristics of the programme facilitate learning because you are stimulated by the dynamic course content.

The concepts that challenge you developing critical thinking and this is a significant transferable skill supporting your future career and aspirations.

A Master’s degree is motivational as it influences and inspires personal self-confidence that contributes to career success.

This may be as a clinical educator within the NHS, further and higher education, and other areas aligned within public and private sector providers.

UK entry requirements

2023/4 entry

2:2 Honours degree or equivalent internationally recognised medicine / health professions qualification

Fees and funding

2024/25 entry

UK

£12,650 full-time

£6,325 part-time

International

£21,260 full-time

£10,630 part-time

Staged Masters ( 3 year) : £4,215 ( UK/EU); £7,085 ( International) 

More information on any additional course-related costs.

Fees quoted are per year and are subject to an annual increase. 

See our fees and funding page for full details of postgraduate scholarships available to Brunel applicants.

Scholarships and bursaries

Teaching and learning

The format for delivery is a blended learning approach:

  • Students are expected to engage with a wide variety of material (e.g. pre-recorded lectures, group work, tutorials simulations, reading material, videos), with regular interactive sessions available face-to-face and online.
  • To capitalise on the skills learned in online conferencing technologies, thereby future-proofing academic practice in the event of a future response to government-enforced ‘lockdown’
  • The application of recognised methods of learning delivery and assessment, including credentialing of continuing professional education, aiming to encourage our clinical teachers in their personal development.
  • The choice of blended delivery will allow accessibility to learning:

    (a) for the diverse professional and social backgrounds to enrich the learning experience, and

    (b) to capitalise on participants’ pedagogic practice for making connections between theory and practice.

Assessment and feedback

The programme equips you with the essential skills to be a clinical educator who can adapt to changes in pedagogic practice.

This is reflected in the assessment profile, by enabling you to:

  • Apply educational theories to challenge and support the development of learner competence in health professions in different contexts.
  • Encourage scholarly evaluation, critical analysis and reflection of established practice and initiatives.
  • Design and develop curriculum to ensure equality, diversity and inclusivity.
  • Design and appraise assessment modalities, evaluating the validity, reliability, feasibility, acceptability, cost-effectiveness, impact on the learner experience.
  • Design and deliver inter-professional and multi-professional learning opportunities to reflect diversity of professional practice.
  • Apply contemporary learning technologies in clinical professions education
  • Design research approaches in a discrete area of practice using analytical skills to explore the relationships between educational theory and practice, in order to contribute to the knowledge and practice.