MEd Clinical Education

Year 1

(Award available for year: Postgraduate Certificate)

Learning outcomes

On completion of Year 1 (Postgraduate Certificate) students should have provided evidence of being able to:

- Demonstrate a systematic and critical understanding of the design, delivery, assessment and evaluation of learning and teaching in the clinical setting and higher education.
- Demonstrate independence in the critical application and synthesis of educational knowledge to clinical research and practice in healthcare settings.
- 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.
- Explore and develop opportunities for inter-professional education and understanding of other professional roles.
- Critically evaluate current issues and research and their relevance to learning and teaching in the clinical context.

Transferable (key) skills

Year 1 (Postgraduate Certificate) 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;
- Increased capacity to evaluate their own achievement and that of others;
- Increased capacity for inter-professional working, networking and learning
- Enhanced skills in learning and working in a digital age
- Enhanced written and verbal communication skills

Assessment

Achievement for the Year 1 (Postgraduate Certificate) 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 a complex specialist area;
- Drawing on a range of perspectives on an area of study;
- Evaluating received opinion;
- Making sound judgements whilst understanding the limitations on judgements made in the absence of complete data.