2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue

Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Education

Hybrid/online methods.

Total credits: 120

Entry requirements:

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

Leeds Institute of Medical Education, School of Medicine

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

Postgraduate Taught Programmes Examination Board - School of Medicine

Professional Body Offering Accreditation:

The PG Certificate in Clinical Education is mapped to the Advance HE PSF Standards and there is alignment between this framework and the Draft Educati

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 master’s 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. Three students have completed the Doctorate of Education (Clinical Education) and one student has completed a Medical Doctorate (MD). A further four are enrolled on the programme. One student has commenced a Ph.D. and one an M.D. The Doctor of Education (Clinical Education) recruits 1 – 3 students per year.
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’s 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 learners’ workplaces 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.

Year1 - View timetable

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

Compulsory modules:

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.

Year2 - View timetable

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

Compulsory modules:

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

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