Clinical Education

Entry requirements

The Postgraduate Diploma and Masters courses are open to health professionals who will normally have completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education or Simulation in Clinical Practice at BSMS, or the equivalent from other institutions. It is expected that teaching will form a significant element in your professional role.

This course is open to UK applicants only (and EU applicants who are appointed to a post within HEESE).

Months of entry

September

Course content

The overall aim of the course is to promote knowledge of and research into learning, teaching and communication in a clinical context, together with facilitating a reflective awareness of participants’ related educational skills and their ongoing development.

• Professional identity as a teacher
• Pedagogical practice in medical education
• Advanced communication skills and strategies in medical education
• Technology-enhanced learning
• Simulation studies
• Leadership and facilitation
• Evidence-based clinical academic practice
• Clinical education research and methodology

Fees and funding