Health Professions Education (PGCert, PGDip, MSc) - 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.

If you have any queries concerning the programme or your suitability for it, you are encouraged to make contact in advance of your application.

The qualifications listed are indicative minimum requirements for entry. Some academic Schools will ask applicants to achieve significantly higher marks than the minimum. Obtaining the listed entry requirements will not guarantee you a place, as the University considers all aspects of every application including, where applicable, the writing sample, personal statement, and supporting documents.

Months of entry

September

Course content

The Health Professions Education online programme is for those interested in developing themselves in a healthcare education role, and offers the flexibility of learning to suit those currently employed. The programme will cultivate teaching practice which instils the principles and values of interprofessional education to support the development of the future and current healthcare work force.

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.

• A fully online part-time programme which offers flexibility of learning to suit those currently employed in a health care or academic setting.
• As an interprofessional and interdisciplinary programme, it provides opportunities to learn collaboratively about a range of educational contexts and teaching practices.
• Provision of experiential and immersive learning opportunities so that learners undertaking the modules can have real-time experience of the concepts being taught.
• Award-winning learning technology infrastructure and support to provide innovative, interactive and flexible learning and to support the student learning journey.
• Staff from a variety of disciplines and healthcare backgrounds with expertise and experience in educating healthcare professionals in a range of community and acute care settings, in interprofessional education, and in educational research.
• 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.