Education For Healthcare Professionals
Develop your learning and teaching skills in a variety of state-of-the-art facilities, including the University's Clinical Simulation Centre and Hydra Simulation Centre.
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Key Course Details
The Postgraduate Certificate in Education for Health Care Professionals is specifically designed to prepare registered health care professionals to develop and adopt an educational role across a range of settings, both academic and practice based.
DESIGNED FOR
Participants will have a genuine interest in supporting learning and the development of effective learning environments.
Career Paths
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- Practice Educator
- Lecturer
- Clinical Skills Tutor
Skills Taught
- Ability to facilitate learning
- Ability to plan sessions
- Greater understanding of supporting learners with specific needs
- Enhanced confidence in assessing learners
- Ability to enhance the learning environment
Course Highlights
Module Overview
This course commences every April and runs through until the following March. There are two modules to complete with a total of 60 credits. On-campus study days are on a Friday 10am to 3pm.
Facilitating Learning, Teaching and Assessment in the Context of Practice
This module aims to develop knowledge, skills and competence to effectively facilitate and support learning and undertake the assessment of students and others within the context of the participants’ area of practice.
Enhancing the Learning Experience in the Context of Practice
This module aims to explore and develop the quality of the student experience and student learning in the context of practice and to critically examine their role in effectively enhancing the learning experience.
Course Highlights
How you'll learn
Theoretical learning will be managed through facilitated learning processes that include
tutorial, workshops, role-play, participant-led learning activities and use of simulated learning environments.
Work-based–practice learning will focus on supporting learning and student assessment within the context of the participant's practice. Participants will have two summative observed facilitations of learning / assessment opportunities with students.
The participants will critically reflect and develop from the feedback on these sessions and develop a supporting portfolio of the sessions. A further element of assessment will focus on developing and leading an initiative within the participant's context of practice to enhance the students and others learning experience.
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Teaching staff
There is a core team of very experienced senior lecturers who are also registered healthcare professionals that will support you through this course and facilitate your learning and development.
Participants will be allocated a Personal Tutor to offer support and guidance with all aspects of the course. Personal tutors will also offer academic supervision to help the participant prepare for summative assessments and undertake observations of the participant's facilitation of learning and assessment.
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Placements
There is not an element of placements or work experience attached to this course but
participants must be in a role whereby they are able to facilitate learning and assessment of learning.
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Facilities
This course is delivered on Glyntaff Campus whereby participants will be able to experience a range of teaching and learning facilities including the Clinical Simulation Suite, the Hydra Minerva Suite and other facilities.
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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Typical qualification requirements:
Applicants must hold a 2:2 or above in a degree and have evidence of recent engagement with CPD activities. They must also be in a role whereby they are able to facilitate learning and assessment of learning.
Alternative Leave Permissions
Applicants with leave to remain in the UK, may be considered for this course depending on the type and duration of your leave. Please email [email protected] to obtain confirmation of how to proceed.
Unfortunately, this course is not currently open to international applicants who require a Graduate Route visa due to visa restrictions.
Contextual offers
We may make you a lower offer based on a range of factors, including your background (where you live and the school or college that you attended, for example), your experiences and individual circumstances (as a care leaver, for example). This is referred to as a contextual offer, and we receive data from UCAS to support us in making these decisions.
USW prides itself on its student experience and we support our students to achieve their goals and become a successful graduate. This approach helps us to support students who have the potential to succeed and who may have faced barriers that make it more difficult to access university.
We're here to help
Whether you a have a question about your course, fees and funding, the application process or anything else, there are plenty of ways you can get in touch, and we'd love to talk to you. You can contact our friendly admissions team by phone, email or chat to us online.
Fees and Funding
Additional Costs
As a student of USW, you’ll have access to lots of free resources to support your study and learning, such as textbooks, publications, online journals, laptops, and plenty of remote-access resources. Whilst in most cases these resources are more than sufficient in supporting you with completing your course, additional costs, both obligatory and optional, may be tequired or requested for the likes of travel, memberships, experience days, stationery, printing, or equipment.
University Quality Assurance
At USW, we regularly review our courses in response to changing patterns of employment and skills demand to ensure we offer learning designed to reflect today’s student needs and tomorrow’s employer demands.
If during a review process course content is significantly changed, we’ll write to inform you and talk you through the changes for the coming year. But whatever the outcome, we aim to equip our students with the skillset and the mindset to succeed whatever tomorrow may bring. Your future, future-proofed.
Studying at USW
Our courses are designed with industry leaders and provide the practical skills and experiences industry demands. Our flexible courses reflect the need for life-long learning. If you value education in practice, not just in theory, then USW is for you.
How to apply
There is an online application process for this course. Please choose the application form for your preferred start date and mode of study (i.e. full-time or part-time).
International admissions
Please see our international admissions advice for further information about how to apply as a prospective international student.