Awards

Target Award

Award Description:Postgraduate Certificate - PC

Programme Offerings

Part-Time

F2F-JMU-JAN

Educational Aims of the Course

The aim of this programme is to develop the underpinning principles, latest innovations and approaches to the concepts and challenges of healthcare and clinical education and leadership. It further aims to facilitate critical analysis of current thinking in leadership and the impact of the changing Multiprofessional workforce and approaches to collaborative working. 

Learning Outcomes

1.
Critically analyse teaching and learning theories that underpin the development of clinical education and the impact of these theories on the approaches to develop, coach and collaborate with other professions to promote clinical education
  • Collaboration
  • Problem solving
2.
Critically reflect on an individual approach to education with consideration of supervision, peer-review and the recognition of an individual's learning needs
  • Communication
  • Collaboration
  • Leadership
3.
Critically examine leadership theory and its application to role modelling, professional identity, risk management, and the escalation of concerns and its influence on the team and organisation.
  • Leadership
4.
Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of clinical education and effective leadership on service delivery and improved outcomes in healthcare practice.
  • Leadership
5.
Demonstrate a critical understanding of innovative approaches for the delivery of teaching, the challenges, and processes associated with the utilising innovative pedagogical techniques within a clinical education context.
  • Problem solving
  • Creativity

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

The programme will be facilitated through a combination of face to face delivery and online learning. Each module within the programme has learning designed to reflect the requirements of the module. 

7005NAPPG Principles of Clinical Education and Supervision

Within this module the student will be developing knowledge relating to the theories of learning and education as applied to clinical practice.  The module takes a pyramid approach to teaching and learning starting with the self, then moving onto individual support for others, team learning approaches and culminating in organisational culture.  The perspectives that will be considered will be both macro and micro; from the approaches taken across the organisation to embed educational models and processes, to the supervision and educational support of the individual including the recognition of learning needs, and the process of feedback and peer-review. This is further underpinned by critical reflection of the students learning and development and how this is applied to the students areas of practice. 

The module is run for 15 weeks and consists of 12 x 3 hour weekly face to face sessions with lectures, seminars, group discussion, directed and independent learning. The assessment is submitted in week 15 of the module and comprises of 2 elements: 1) A written essay detailing critical discussion of the development of a clinical education resource, 2)  Submission of a peer-review of clinical teaching/supervision in practice using provided proforma. 

7004NAPPG Multiprofessional Leadership and Management

The module commences in April and consists of 12 face to face lecture-based sessions and seminars which allows the students to explore leadership and management theory, developing own leadership skills as a role model and the skills of others to enhance teamworking. This module allows students to develop their leadership and management skills to positively influence their organisation, evaluate service delivery and implement service change within the healthcare sector. This module provides students with the opportunity for interprofessional learning allowing students to explore multiprofessional perspectives. 

The assessment for this module is a 20 minute presentation detailing a narrative to accompany a power point presentation and upload the recording to the VLE.

7016NAPPG Contemporary Innovations in Clinical Education

This module explores the latest innovations and developments in teaching and education to offer students the opportunity to push the boundaries of traditional clinical education and enhance their knowledge, skills and the application of education across a number of different processes and techniques. 

The module commences in April and consists of 12 sessions which are a blend of both online and face to face lectures and seminars which allows the students to explore innovations in clinical education, developing their own perspectives and ideas about effective and engaging learning opportunities and innovations within the field of clinical education.  

The assessment for this module is the submission of a proposal of an innovation and the proposal should incorporate an innovative tool to engage and enhance clinical education across a platform which is presented in a means by students choice. 

Opportunities for work related learning

Within the Principles of Clinical Education and Supervision module there is an element of the assessment that is to be completed within a practice based environment and assessed by a supervisor with relevant experience to be an a position to assess the student competency.  It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that on application to this programme they are in a position to facilitate this within a suitable area of practice. 

Programme Structure

Programme Structure Description

The programme of learning occurs over a 30 week period (excluding standard university closures) and is structured as follows: 7005NAPPG - Principles of Clinical Education and Supervision 15 weeksJanuary to April 7004NAPPG - Multiprofessional Leadership and Management 15 weeksApril to July 7016NAPPG - Contemporary Innovations in Clinical Education 15 weeksApril … For more content click the Read More button below.

Entry Requirements

Relevant work experience

Undergraduate degree

HECoS Code(s)

(CAH02-04) nursing and midwifery