Program Overview

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Peter Cantillon—course introduction

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Course Overview

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

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What makes this course unique ...

We were one of the first Masters in Clinical Education established anywhere in the world and are focused largely on supporting health professional educators who teach in clinical settings.

Whilst our courses are delivered wholly online, we are unique in offering teaching skills workshops, (also online) develop teaching skills, not just educational knowledge.

Diploma and Masters courses in clinical education have provided a vital step in the advancement of many of our past students into careers as senior clinician educators, academics and educational leaders in their professional disciplines

Scholarships available

Find out about our Postgraduate Scholarships

here.

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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

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Who Teaches this Course

Professor Timothy Emlyn-Jones

Dr Peter Hayes

Ms Pauline May

Mr Terri McVeigh

Ms Sally Whelan

Dr Catherine Houghton

Mr Ben Meehan

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Mrs Geraldine Grady Dip., MBS View Profile

DR PAUL O'CONNOR B.Sc. M.Sc., Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer in Primary Care

Discipline of General Practice

NUI Galway

1 Distillery Road

Galway

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All applicants should be involved either formally or informally in teaching activity.

All applicants should have a prior health professional degree or qualification.

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.