Clinical Education

Entry year:: 2024/25
Start date:: January
Study mode:: Part-time
Course duration:: 30 weeks
Campus:: City

Course modules

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Further guidance on modules

Modules are designated core or optional in accordance with professional body requirements, as applicable, and LJMU’s Academic Framework Regulations. Whilst you are required to study core modules, optional modules provide you with an element of choice. Their availability may vary and will be subject to meeting minimum student numbers.

Where changes to modules are necessary these will be communicated as appropriate.

Core modules

Multiprofessional Leadership and Management
20 credits

Within this module, you will cover:

Multiprofessional teamworking and leadership perspectives
Role modelling within your organisation
Evaluating own and others' practice and responding to feedback
Organisational cultures around risk, patient safety and escalating concerns within a healthcare organisation
Techniques to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of service delivery and the response to feedback
Approaches to service improvement, innovation and change within the health sector
Consultancy and sharing best practice as a leader to enhance quality of clinical practice
Sustainability and projections for future development in healthcare
National and local policy and political drivers affecting the health sector

Principles of Clinical Education and Supervision
20 credits

Within this module the student will be developing knowledge relating to the theories of learning and education as applied to clinical practice. The module takes a pyramid approach to teaching and learning starting with the self, then moving onto individual support for others, team learning approaches and culminating in organisational culture. The perspectives that will be considered will be both macro and micro; from the approaches taken across the organisation to embed educational models and processes, to the supervision and educational support of the individual including the recognition of learning needs, and the process of feedback and peer-review. This is further underpinned by critical reflection of the students learning and development and how this is applied to the students areas of practice.

The module is run for 15 weeks and consists of 12 x 3 hour weekly face to face sessions with lectures, seminars, group discussion, directed and independent learning. An assessment is submitted in week 15 of the module.

This module aligns to the following Multiprofessional Framework Capabilities for Advanced Clinical Practice (NHS, 2017):

2.4; 3.1; 3.2; 3.4; 3.5; 3.6; 3.7, 3.8

Contemporary Innovations in Clinical Education
20 credits

This module explores the latest innovations and developments in teaching and education to offer students the opportunity to push the boundaries of traditional clinical education and enhance their knowledge, skills and the application of education across a number of different processes and techniques.

The module commences in April and consists of 12 sessions which are a blend of both online and face to face lectures and seminars which allows the students to explore innovations in clinical education, developing their own perspectives and ideas about effective and engaging learning opportunities and innovations within the field of clinical education.

Course tutors

Mireille Patrick

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Dr Christine Denby
Mireille Patrick

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer
Matthew Wynn

Career paths

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LJMU has an excellent employability record with 96% (HESA 2018) of our postgraduates in work or further study six months after graduation. Our applied learning techniques and strong industry connections ensure our students are fully prepared for the workplace on graduation and understand how to apply their knowledge in a real world context.

Fees and funding

Tuition Fees:

Home part-time per credit:: £50

Entry requirements

You will need:

Qualification requirements

Undergraduate degree

BA/BSc (Hons) in relevant field at 2:2 or above, or evidence of potential to study at Masters Level

Additional requirements

Relevant work experience
Applicants must be able to facilitate the achievement of the assessment of competency required with an appropriately qualified supervisor and within an appropriate clinical setting.

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