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Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education for Healthcare Professionals

The Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education for Healthcare Professionals course, designed and delivered by world-renowned medical leaders, comprehensively closes the gap in clinician leadership competency.

What you'll learn

This 6-month Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education for Healthcare Professionals from the University of Warwick (ranked 9th in the United Kingdom and 61st in the world), offers an international and interprofessional experience to clinicians wishing to further their careers and become leaders in educating healthcare practitioners.

(Tuition fees – it is for the full duration of the programme)

Entry Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree (honours) from a recognised institution
  • Proficiency in English (assessed at application, IELTS not required)

Who is this programme for?

The programme for the Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education for Healthcare Professionals Course Online is designed to suit a range of professionals:

    • Healthcare Professionals: enhance your understanding of mental health, informed by the latest research in neuroscience.
    • Psychologists: deepen your knowledge of neurobiological underpinnings of mental health conditions.
    • Educators: Understand mental health issues which can impact learners, enhancing your ability to support students and foster positive learning environments.
    • Social Care Workers: learn how neuroscience informs social and community interventions.
    • Counsellors: equip yourself with a comprehensive understanding of mental health conditions and their neuroscientific aspects.
    • Policy Makers: understand mental health from a neuroscience perspective to inform evidence-based policy.

Course Benefits

Programme modules

  • Introduction to teaching and learning in a healthcare setting
  • Planning a teaching session
  • Teaching and learning in different group structures / formats
  • Professional development for teaching
  • Assignment guidance tutorials & self-directed learning
  • Examination and critique of published frameworks and models of ‘effective’ and ‘excellent’ teaching
  • Key concepts and processes in curriculum design
  • Models of inter-professional education and their evidence base
  • Generic capabilities relating to teaching expertise (professional identity formation, team working, communication)
  • Processes and methods of reflective practice
  • Current methods and directions in both formative and summative assessment of learning underpinning a programme of assessment will be explored, including:
  • Assessment tools
  • Blueprinting
  • Standard setting methods
  • Feedback
  • Assessment of professionalism