Program Overview

MSc Clinical Education

Overview

The MSc Clinical Education is a postgraduate program designed for healthcare professionals who wish to develop their roles as clinical educators. The program is suitable for individuals from a wide range of academic and professional backgrounds, including medical researchers, academic clinical fellows, nurses, allied healthcare professionals, public health professionals, and doctors.

Entry Requirements

• Normally a minimum 2.2 Honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline.
• A personal statement, detailing reasons for seeking to undertake this subject, is required.
• Relevant clinical or professional experience may be taken into consideration as evidence of equivalency.

Accreditation of Prior Learning

Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) is a process whereby students, who have already gained relevant skills and knowledge prior to the start of their course, may be granted a partial credit exemption from their program instead of unnecessarily repeating work.

Course Content

The program is divided into units of study called ‘modules’ which are assigned a number of ‘credits’. To gain a Masters qualification, students need to complete 180 credits at level 7.

• Compulsory Modules:
  • HPDM103: Teaching Practitioner
  • HPDM105: Education Essentials
  • HPDM061: Researching Clinical Education
  • HPDM095: Introduction to Literature Reviews
  • HPDM104: Assessing Learning
  • HPDM142: Principles of Supervision, Mentoring and Coaching
  • HPDM109: Principles of Curriculum Design and Evaluation
  • HPDM110: Teaching in a Digital World
  • HPDM148: Independent Research

Fees

• 2025/26 entry:
  • UK fees per year:
    • MSc: £12,100 full-time, £6,100pa part-time, £4,050pa part-time (3 years)
    • PgDip: £4,050pa part-time
    • PgCert: £4,050
  • International fees per year:
    • MSc: £28,600 full-time, £14,300pa part-time, £9,550pa part-time (3 years)
    • PgDip: £9,550pa part-time
    • PgCert: £9,550

Scholarships

The University of Exeter has many different scholarships available to support education, including £5 million in scholarships for international students applying to study with us in the 2025/26 academic year.

Teaching and Research

Our purpose is to deliver transformative education that will help tackle health challenges of national and global importance.

Careers

This course is for everyone with a passion to learn more about how clinicians are taught – and more importantly, how it can be better. Many of our students are already in employment in the healthcare sector/clinical academics. The full Masters program enhances opportunities for clinical educational research, PhD programs, and leadership roles within higher education and healthcare sectors.