Health Professions Education – online
Entry requirements
All candidates must have an existing teaching role in their workplace, with an interest in pursuing an academic career in healthcare education or heathcare education research.
PG Cert
- A 2.1 Honours undergraduate degree in a health profession or in a relevant field (including but not limited to Health Sciences). If you studied your first degree outside the UK, see the international entry requirements.
Or
- Significant professional or other relevant experience alongside evidence of prior alternative learning such as professional qualifications or certifications.
PG Dip/MSc
- Evidence of having completed at least one 30 credit module at a minimum of SCQF level 9 (or equivalent) within five years of the programme start date.
And
- A 2.1 Honours undergraduate degree in a health profession or in a relevant field (including but not limited to Health Sciences). If you studied your first degree outside the UK, see the international entry requirements.
Or
- Completion and award of our PGCert Health Professions Education within five years of the programme start date
In reviewing applications for the programme, the School of Medicine looks especially at whether St Andrews is a good match for your specialist interests. The Programme Convenor is happy to be contacted and, if necessary, to set up a meeting in person or virtually so that you can discuss your plans and to ensure that St-Andrews is the best place for you to pursue a Masters degree.
Application requirements
- A CV that includes specific details of your current role and a history of your education and employment to date
- A personal statement explaining why you have applied for this course, how it relates to your personal or professional ambitions, and how your academic and professional background show you have the skills needed to work effectively at postgraduate level
- Two original signed references, one from your current employment and one academic reference
- Academic transcripts and degree certificates
- Candidates will attend a 30-minute online interview and must achieve a satisfactory score
For more guidance, see supporting documents and references for postgraduate taught programmes.
English language proficiency
If English is not your first language, you may need to provide an English language test score to evidence your English language ability. See approved English language tests and scores for this course.
Months of entry
September
Course content
The Health Professions Education online programme is for those interested in developing themselves in a health professions educational role, and offers the flexibility of learning to suit those currently employed.
This interactive programme will cultivate teaching practice which instils the principles and values of interprofessional education to support the development of the future and current healthcare workforce.
Increasing pressures on healthcare systems require flexible, accessible, creative and relevant learning opportunities, particularly for educators who are also clinically active. On the Health Professions Education programme, you will examine the principles and values of a range of educational approaches.
Highlights
- A fully online part-time programme which offers flexibility of learning to suit those currently employed in a healthcare or academic setting
- As an interprofessional and interdisciplinary programme, it provides opportunities to learn collaboratively about a range of educational contexts and teaching practices
- Experiential and immersive learning opportunities mean learners undertaking the modules can have real-time interactive experience of the concepts being taught
- An award-winning learning technology infrastructure and support provides innovative, interactive and flexible learning and supports the student learning journey
- Staff from a variety of disciplines and healthcare backgrounds with expertise and experience in educating healthcare professionals
- Membership of the Academy of Medical Educators through our accredited PGCert
The Health Professions Education programme will inspire scholarship, research and leadership in health professions education. This programme will help to develop inquisitive educators who are equipped to deliver high-quality learning opportunities for health professionals.
The programme content will cover a range of approaches and methods of teaching, learning and assessment where learners will engage in independent and group study. Aspects of the programme will be interprofessional and interdisciplinary, enabling learners to reflect on and share their own teaching and learning practices. The programme will provide the opportunity to learn with, from and about each other’s educational contexts. Action learning sets will be utilised to bring a challenging or complex issue to discuss and share ideas for resolution. Learners will be able to develop a toolkit that will enhance their problem-solving abilities, critical thinking skills, and teaching strategies.
Academic staff in the School of Medicine provide expertise from a variety of disciplines and healthcare backgrounds. There is a wide range of experience in educating health professionals in the community and acute care settings, interprofessional education, and in educational research. The School of Medicine has institutional memberships of the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) and the UK Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE).
Applicants will be able to choose which qualification they would like to apply for, depending on which level they wish to complete.
Careers
The University's global reputation makes its graduates highly valued by employers. The Health Professions Education programme is aimed at individuals who wish to develop their health professions educational role, follow an academic career in health professions education or healthcare education research, or pursue a PhD or MD.
In addition to broadening your subject knowledge and applying established techniques of research and enquiry, you will develop and demonstrate essential skills such as:
- critical thinking and creativity
- analysis and appraisal
- problem solving and decision making
- personal leadership and project management
- interpersonal communication and team working
Fees and funding
The University of St Andrews is committed to attracting the very best students, regardless of financial circumstances. They have a variety of postgraduate scholarships and postgraduate loans available.
NHS Staff Discount
The University of St Andrews offers a 10% discount to NHS-funded staff who wish to undertake the programme.
15% Recent Graduate Discount
If you have graduated from the University within the last three academic years, you may be eligible for a 15% discount on postgraduate taught tuition fees.
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- PGCert
- full time12 months
- Distance learningis available for this qualification
- PGDip
- full time24 months
- Distance learningis available for this qualification
- MSc
- full time36 months
- Distance learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- Digital Marketing
- marketing@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)1334 46 3599