Program Overview

Principles of Supervision, Mentoring and Coaching

Overview

This module is an introduction to working as a clinical educator in a supervisory, mentoring or coaching role. Clinical educators are practitioners who teach, guide and facilitate the learning of others in a healthcare-related context.

Suitability

This module is suitable for healthcare practitioners wishing to develop their roles as clinical educators. It is aimed at those from a wide variety of academic and professional backgrounds including nurses, doctors, dentists, physician associates, advanced practitioners, allied healthcare and public health professionals, and academic clinical fellows.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module, you should be able to:

1. Demonstrate a theoretical understanding and practical application of the utilisation of a range of different feedback methodologies in a variety of healthcare education contexts and situations.
2. Explain in detail how learning characteristics and issues can be identified in practice and how a variety of interventions and strategies can be employed to encourage learner remediation and improvement.
3. Demonstrate a professional understanding of the roles and responsibilities of statutory and employing bodies in the provision and quality assurance of education in the health professions.
4. Critically appraise the importance of and your own ability to provide constructive feedback to peers within the workplace, and actively engage with feedback received on one’s own professional practice.

Assessment

• Presentation: Written coursework – Reflection on peer review activity (100%, 2000 words)

Syllabus Plan

• Theories of feedback
• Feedback models
• Learners’ understanding of and responses to feedback
• Learners in difficulty; causes, recognition and remediation
• Feedback practice - giving and receiving feedback in context

Teaching Format

• Guided study and online discussion forums (December 2024)
• Two on-campus contact days (January 2025)
• One written assignment (February 2025)

Module Staff

• Jane Rowe, Senior Lecturer (Education and Scholarship)
• Mrs Sarah Bradley, Associate Professor Medical Education (Education and Scholarship)
• Dr Alice Osborne, Director of Student Support (Clinical Practice), BMBS
• Rebecca Ledger, Learning and Development Manager (Personal Effectiveness)

Entry Requirements

• A minimum 2.2 Honours degree (or for older qualifications a Professional Diploma) in a healthcare-related discipline
• Relevant clinical experience or previous postgraduate qualifications will also be considered as part of the admissions process
• You will be teaching and/or leading and facilitating the learning of healthcare students or colleagues, or aspiring to do so as part of your role
• You will also be required to demonstrate how you take responsibility for your own continuing professional development and reflect on your performance

English Language Requirements

International students need to show they have the required level of English language to study this course. The required test scores for this course fall under Profile B.

Duration and Fees

• Starts September 2025
• £1,150 (Home)
• £2,600 (Intl)
• Part-time
• On campus
• 9 weeks
• 5-7 hours per week on average
• 15 Masters level credits
• Minimum 2.2 Honours degree
• This course has English Language requirements: Profile B