University of Galway, Ireland
University of Galway| The award | How you will study | Study duration | Course start | Domestic course fees | International course fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Master | Full-time | 1 year | September | find out | find out |
The Diploma and Masters in Clinical Education have been designed to equip all health professionals, regardless of disciplinary background, with the knowledge and skills required to be effective clinical educators. When the courses commenced in 2005 they were the first multidisciplinary programmes for clinical education in Ireland, and among the first worldwide. Over the intervening number of years, the programmes have grown, developed and evolved to continue to help participants to become effective clinical supervisors and motivators of student learning in various roles, disciplines and settings, both nationally and internationally. The Diploma and Masters programmes are delivered entirely online, thus making it possible for applicants in full-time work, based in Ireland or abroad, to participate.
The Diploma Course:
The Diploma in Clinical Education is a Level 8 course designed for health professionals who are interested in devoting a dedicating part of their working life to teaching and learning. The diploma qualification requires you to complete six modules comprising four core modules which cover the essence of clinical education and two optional modules that you can select from a suite of seven optional modules. The diploma may be completed over one academic year from September to June, or over two academic years, whereby students take three modules in the first year and three modules in the second year.
The Masters Course:
The Masters in Clinical Education is a one-year Level 9 course designed to support health professionals who are interested in taking on leadership or scholarship roles within health professions education. NB. Applicants need to complete the Diploma in Clinical Education course before being deemed eligible to apply for the Masters course. Alternatively applicants can present evidence or recognition of prior learning of having achieved a graduate diploma level qualification in a programme dedicated to health professions education, taken elsewhere.
(Note: the programs have been designed to fit in with the working and home life of candidates who are in full-time employment)
Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
Students are provided with a certificate of participation for course component modules which they can present to their individual professional training and regulatory bodies as proof of engagement with external Continuous Professional Development.
For more information on the course content download our Clinical Education handbook.
What makes this course unique ...
Scholarships available
Find out about our Postgraduate Scholarships here.
The Diploma and Masters in Clinical Education are long established and popular courses in health professions education. We have ceased to offer the Certificate in Clinical Education option because all of our applicants change to the full Diploma once the programme had started. We have therefore ceased taking applications for the certificate program. Thus, please ignore any reference to a Certificate in Clinical Education in the hard-copy or soft-copy prospectus.
Applications are made online via the University of Galway Postgraduate Applications System.
Applicants: health professionals involved formally or informally in clinical education.
In order for applications to be considered valid for consideration all requested supporting documentation must be provided.
Applications are welcomed as an open call, with suitable applicants being offered a position on the programme in order of receipt of complete application within the limits of programme capacity. Suitability is determined based on ability/opportunity to apply learning to your daily work, relevant experience, and academic record.
Please note; only complete applications, where this programme is your primary course applied for, will be made available to the programme team for review
Professor Timothy Emlyn-Jones
Dr Peter Hayes
Ms Pauline May
Mr Terri McVeigh
Ms Sally Whelan
Dr Catherine Houghton
Mr Ben Meehan
The assessment strategies for these programmes are designed to ensure that all of the assessment methods used leads to educational designs or tools that are of direct benefit to each student. In practice this means that each student adapts the assignment task/theme to one that suits his/her clinical context and work as a teacher. Previous students have used this approach to develop a range of teaching strategies, lesson plans and teaching tools that they continue to use and have disseminated amongst their own communities.
Students are encouraged to reflect on their educational activities, both as a teacher and a learner, and engage throughout the programmes in compiling a reflective teaching portfolio. Participation in peer observation of learning and teaching is conducted throughout the postgraduate diploma, and a process of peer-learner and facilitator feedback forms part of the face-to-face learning for students of the master's programme.
Contact University of Galway to find course entry requirements.
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