MEd Clinical Education

Year 2

(Award available for year: Master of Education)

Learning outcomes

LO 1 Demonstrate a systematic and critical understanding of the design, delivery, assessment and evaluation of
learning and teaching in clinical settings and higher education;
LO 2 Demonstrate independence in applying this knowledge in practice
LO 3 Take a proactive and self-reflective role as educators in the clinical setting and higher education to evaluate
their own professional practice and that of others;
LO 4 Explore and develop opportunities for inter-professional education and understanding of other professional
roles
LO5 Critically evaluate current issues and research and their relevance to learning and teaching in the clinical
context
LO 6 Demonstrate a critical understanding of a broad range of theoretical approaches to teaching and learning in
clinical education
LO 7 Critically review developments in healthcare education and understand any implications for their own practice
LO 8 Demonstrate a critical understanding of the principles and concepts of curriculum development in healthcare
education
LO 9 Analyse key management concepts, methods and tools and their effectiveness in relation to managing change
in healthcare education
LO 10 Identify, analyse and prioritise issues in reviewing and redesigning curricula, especially in relation to the
developing blended and e-learning initiatives.
LO 11 Identify a research question based upon critical reflective insight and synthesis of the available evidence
LO 12 Conduct, and critically appraise, a literature search using library and computing facilities
LO 13 Demonstrate a critical understanding of research design, research methodology, methods of data collection
and methods of data analysis ,
LO 14 Influence policy and/or practice in learning and teaching within their work context
LO 15 Analyse the ethical issues in both teaching and learning, and clinical education research and prepare a
submission for ethical approval for their proposed project
LO 16 Complete and write up a small-scale empirical study which demonstrates good practice in the design and
conduct of research in clinical education

Transferable (key) skills

Masters in Clinical Education students will have had the opportunity to acquire the following abilities as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- Insight into the essential skills for postgraduate level study, including IT skills, literature searching, assignment planning, academic writing, critical reading and group working;
- Evaluate received opinion about established and new developments teaching and learning in healthcare and clinical education
- Demonstrate competence and skill in designing, reviewing, delivering and managing clinical education programmes
- evaluating their own achievement and that of others;
- inter-professional working and learning
- networking
- enhanced skills in learning and working in a digital age
- enhanced written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrate in depth understanding of the skills and tools required to undertake a piece of research into clinical education
- Communication skills in relation to collaborative research design and evaluation and the capacity to articulate research ideas and work in progress to peers and colleagues
- Promote learning across and within healthcare and health-care related professions, e.g. pharmacist technicians and pharmacists; pharmacists, paramedics, nurses and doctors
- Skills necessary to undertake research at a higher level to prepare them for a future career as either a researcher or as an advocate of research-led work in clinical education
- Self direction and effective decision making in complex and unpredictable situations relating to clinical education research
- Independent learning and the ability to work in a way which ensures continuing professional development as a clinical educator

Assessment

Achievement for the Masters in Clinical Education will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the programme and will involve the achievement of the students in:
• demonstrating the ability to apply breadth and/or depth of knowledge to the design, delivery, assessment, evaluation and appraisal of learning and teaching in the clinical setting and/or tertiary education contexts in uni-, multi- or inter-professional contexts;
• drawing on a range of perspectives on learning theory, learning in the workplace, clinical education and the design and delivery of learning, teaching and assessment in clinical education
• evaluating policy, current practice issues and research relevant to the clinical context and clinical education
• demonstrating a theoretically informed approach to curriculum design, review and development
• demonstrating understanding of leadership and the management of change in relation clinical education
• demonstrating the ability to apply breadth and depth of knowledge to the design and conduct of research