Health Professional Education MSc

Course Length
1 year full-time
3 years part-time

Number of Places
35

Contact
Master's courses in Health Professional Education
Telephone: 01484 473015
E-mail: mschpe@hud.ac.uk

Entry Requirements

The MSc/PgDip is open to graduates who are either:

Health Practitioners with a strong commitment to education,
or
College/University lecturers who wish to develop clinically and educationally.
All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they will be able to satisfy the requirements relating to teaching practice and that they will have access to a recognised teaching environment for a practice placement. This may involve a combination of both classroom and practice aspects (60 days).
Nurse, midwife or health visitor entrants wishing to record a teaching qualification should read the publication NMC (2006) Standards to support learning and assessment in practice.

Introduction

This student centered multi-disciplinary course will enable you to gain an educational teaching qualification and develop your individual professional interests. You will have the opportunity to analyse educational provision in health related professions and develop strategies for practice based health professional education. You will study the theories and processes of teaching and learning and then apply them to strategies within the field of health care. The teaching practice placement requirement is 60 days.

Course Structure

The course is taught for 24 weeks per year and you will complete your dissertation over the following summer. Part-time options are available. There are three main components to the course - education, research and specialisation.

Core modules:
All students wishing to achieve a recordable teaching qualification (with the NMC) will study the core modules:

Teaching and Learning: Theories, Processes and Strategies in Health Professional Education (Education)
Assessment of Health Professional Education (Education)
Practice of Health Professional Education (includes 60 days of teaching practice) (Education)
Methods for Inquiry (Research)

Option modules:
You will also undertake optional modules (Specialisation). Some examples include:

Health Professional Accountability
Ethical Dimensions of Health Care Practice
Self Development (learning contract)

Students progressing to an MSc need to produce a dissertation of 15,000 - 20,000 words which will demonstrate the ability to undertake research at postgraduate level.

Teaching and Assessment

There are a variety of theoretical assignments including essays and presentations. For teaching practice you will produce evidence of meeting specific standards and will be assessed on your teaching.

Career Opportunities

The course is designed to prepare you to teach health professionals and to apply research based knowledge to practice. Successful students are qualified to progress to appropriate health professional Higher Education or practice educator roles.

Placement

The practice placement requires you to accumulate 60 days (360 hours) of practice in a recognised health professional education setting (Higher Education or clinical education).

Special Features

This course meets the requirements of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and the Higher Education Academy for those teaching in Higher Education. It does not enable you to register with the NMC as a nurse or midwife.

Professional Body Accreditation
Nurses, midwives and health visitors may achieve an approved teaching qualification and may be eligible for full membership of the Higher Education Academy.

Prospectus

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