PG Cert, PG Dip Medical and Healthcare Education
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Introduction
Become an educational leader in your healthcare organisation. Study online for a PGCert or PGDip in Medical and Healthcare Education. This course is ideal if you're a registered healthcare professional who engages in teaching or learning as part of your job.
This course is accredited by Academy of Medical Educators (AoME). It's also aligned to the Professional Standards Framework (PSF 23) for Advance HE, should you wish to apply for Fellowship of the Advance HE.
Study with us by distance learning.
Expect to benefit from a course that is delivered through distance learning to fit in with your busy schedule, with a course content that reflects the current trends and practices of healthcare education today.
This course will provide you with an excellent grounding in methods of learning and teaching within the healthcare context. You'll be encouraged to engage in reflective activity in the workplace as well as attend formal teaching seminars and workshops. Here, you'll engage in lively discussion and work with peers from across the healthcare professions on a variety of activities designed to stimulate your thinking.
You’ll gain an understanding of the key principles and philosophies of teaching and learning, and you’ll be encouraged to apply your knowledge to your own professional work context. You’ll learn through a range of activities and formative assessments; complemented by individual tutorials that encourage personal reflection and goal setting, developing you as an independent learner.
Studying alongside GPs, junior doctors, consultants, nurses, dentists, midwives, paramedics and other allied health professionals, discussion and inter-professional learning are key to the vibrancy of this course, enriching your student experience.
On completion of the PGCert or PGDip you may wish to continue your studies and progress to a full Masters in Medical and Healthcare Education.
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AOME accredited
AOME accreditation of our Medical and Healthcare Education PG Cert means the course has been independently validated for its quality, judged against the Academy's Professional Standards. This also means that, upon successful completion, you will be able to apply for Membership of the Academy which offers many additional benefits including signifying that you have been judged to meet the Academy's Professional Standards for Medical Educators at an appropriate level.
Outstanding student support
Join our postgraduate student community and:
- learn from expert staff who will guide your research interests and career development
- receive full support from our Employability Service, while you're studying with us and after you graduate
- access support, should you need it, with study skills, health and wellbeing, and more.
Careers
The course is designed to support those already facilitating learning as part of their employment in the healthcare professions. However, nearly 50% of graduates from the course in the academic year 2016/17 reported that the course had helped them either secure a promotion within their current field, or had taken up a new role with a substantially more educational focus.
On this course you’ll develop an educational, training or mentoring role in your sector of healthcare. It’ll help your career path in education alongside clinical practice, enhancing your role in your team and enabling you to make a real difference.
Dio Giotas
“ARU was a great choice that allowed me to achieve my personal and professional ambitions. I felt supported, empowered, and accomplished. I would recommend this course to any fellow nurses or other professionals in the medical field who train others.”
Dio GiotasMedical and Healthcare Education PG Cert
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