Health Professions Education (PGDip) (Taught)

Health professions education provides training in the theory and practice of education.

Specialists in health professions education train people to work in healthcare roles. This includes medical education and other fields like dental or nursing education. It also includes other allied health professions.

Education is central to healthcare and experts in this field are in demand globally. They're needed to address modern healthcare challenges.

This interactive master's course is for healthcare professionals. Particularly those aspiring to lead, innovate, and enhance education in the health professions. It blends educational theory with real-world application.

Whether you are new to teaching or not, we can help you improve your skills. You'll become an expert educator, curriculum designer, and academic leader.

Our renowned Centre for Medical Education receives global recognition. You'll receive a highly respected degree.

This course can open doors to academic leadership roles. These could be in universities, healthcare training institutions, or policy-making bodies.

What you will learn
Our wide-ranging curriculum fits with your specialism and your working aspirations.

First, we focus on developing your expertise as a teacher in healthcare education. This includes advanced knowledge in how to design curriculums and deliver your teaching. You'll also learn about assessment and feedback. You'll get opportunities to apply the theory to practice throughout.

Next, we focus on developing you as a leader. You'll be trained in leading innovation and change in healthcare education. You'll start to shape your Master's project, developing your ethics application.

Finally, we focus on developing you as a researcher in this field. You'll work with your individual supervisor on a research project. You'll draft your paper and the accompanying letter to the editor. You'll give a poster presentation on your project.

Your learning takes place within a large NHS teaching hospital. You'll learn from experts with global reputations in areas such as:

• medical education

• simulation

• clinical skills

• assessment

You'll also experience workshops and masterclasses with global education experts.

You'll be able to apply your learning directly to practice. This will be through interactive workshops, workplace-integrated learning, and simulation-based training.

In our Clinical Skills Centre, you'll experience simulation-based education, using cutting-edge technology.

Our Community of Learners is an innovative weekly session. It will help you build a sense of belonging within the course and the wider medical school.

Through peer collaboration, you'll experience case-based discussions, role-playing, peer feedback and hands-on activities. All the time you will be reflecting in action and on action.

Through interdisciplinary learning, you will engage with diverse health professions. This will build a strong network for you.

Why study Health Professions Education with us

We help health professions educators reach their goals. We also ensure they're prepared to train the workforce of the future.

We're embedded within a well-respected medical school in an NHS teaching hospital. We have strong connections to the undergraduate medical degree programme. This keeps us grounded and up to date with all the changes in medical teaching.

This is the only full-time on campus health professions education course in Scotland. You'll receive a good number of teaching contact hours each week. The hours are high when compared to other similar postgraduate courses.

We pride ourselves in the quality of our interactive and engaging courses. We focus on an interprofessional approach. This helps you collaborate with educators from other backgrounds and builds your network.