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DELIVERING EXCEPTIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma & MSc HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION Postgraduate Brochure 2021-22
WE ARE TRAINING
THE NEXT
GENERATION
OF MEDICAL
EDUCATORS AND
RESEARCHERS
EXCEPTI NAL
Welcome to Hull York Medical School, where we
not only deliver exceptional medical education,
but also train others to do so too – using the latest
INN VATIVE
pedagogical evidence-based practice. If you are as
passionate as we are about delivering high quality
medical education, then your journey starts here.
VISI NARY
PI NEERING
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The course is challenging
A DIFFERENT KIND but well-paced and can
be combined with a busy
OF MEDICAL SCHOOL clinical workload. It is equally
demanding and rewarding,
Hull York Medical School trains doctors We offer three routes – a Postgraduate requiring extensive reflective
and healthcare professionals of the Certificate, Diploma and MSc – all of thinking. I have no hesitation
future – equipping them with the skills which are flexible and designed to fit in recommending this course
and knowledge to meet the demands around your busy work schedule and
to anyone interested in gaining
of a modern day health service. We home life. Accredited by the Higher
are innovators in medical education, Education Academy, you will be able to
formal education credentials.
pioneering approaches such as problem- apply for membership as a Fellow upon Mr Colin Vize
based learning and anatomical UV body completion of the Certificate. Consultant Ophthalmologist
painting. Certificate in Health Professions Education
Teaching is delivered by experienced
Our Health Professions Education clinical academics and researchers from
programme will equip you with the skills our Health Professions Education Unit
and knowledge to deliver exceptional (HPEU), a research group dedicated to
teaching – so you can inspire and lead advancing health professions education,
in your area of practice and ultimately from recruitment, selection and
improve health outcomes. widening access to medical education,
to curriculum development and
assessment to enhance knowledge and
understanding.
We are immensely proud of our Health Professions
Education programmes which are flexible and designed
to inspire critical thinking to tackle today and tomorrow’s
health education issues. Our staff are a mixture of
practitioners, academics and researchers, who are all
passionate about health professions education. We know
you will enjoy being part of a diverse cohort, studying in
a research-active environment and discussing key topics
with peers and subject matter experts. We will support
you in all aspects of your studies to ensure you get the
most out of these exciting programmes. We look forward
to welcoming you to Hull York Medical School.
Take a look at our
EDUCATORS
Dr Paul Crampton, Programme Director programme video
at hyms.ac.uk/hpe
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ABOUT THE PROGRAMMES CERTIFICATE (PART-TIME) MSC (PART-TIME
OR FULL-TIME)
The Postgraduate Certificate allows
you to develop an understanding In the MSc programme, you will
of the principal issues of learning, develop the knowledge and skills
The Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma programme in either September or
teaching, assessment and professional needed to undertake and deliver a
and Masters in Health Professions January. The Certificate, Diploma
practice relating to clinical education. high quality research project in health
Education are designed especially for and Masters in Health Professions
We also offer more specialist aspects professions education, relevant to your
those who are interested in teaching, Education are available part-time, or
of learning in a clinical environment own discipline and research interests.
assessment, course design and you can choose to study the content of
such as bedside teaching and clinical Uniquely, our MSc programme has a
educational research. all three programmes in our one-year
assessments, which are not commonly 100% record of publishable work.
full-time Masters programme.
We know it is hard to juggle studying included in other programmes.
with work and home life, so we have Our programmes cover a variety of This MSc programme will involve 330
If you choose self-directed learning
designed the programmes to be as topics of interest to anyone working hours of online learning per academic
for the Certificate, which is delivered
flexible as possible. You can choose within health professions education year, as well as seminars, assessments,
completely online, contact hours are
whether to study 100% online or opt including medicine, dentistry, nursing, workshops and tutorials totalling 270
150 hours per module. If you choose
for a blended route which is a mix of midwifery, radiography, physiotherapy, hours per year. If you choose to study
to study via the blended route, as well
online learning and face-to-face study pharmacy or other health professions the MSc full-time, you will study all
as online learning, you will attend one
days. You can also choose from a range including ward and GP practice the modules included in the part-time
study day per module (eight hours per
of modules allowing you to tailor the managers. Students on these Certificate, Diploma and MSc in one year.
study day).
programme to suit your interests and programmes come from a diverse
You can also choose to do the MSc by
career goals. In addition, we have two range of careers and backgrounds,
thesis (research), and if you’re interested
intakes of students each year, meaning which creates a lively, interesting and
in this option you can arrange this by
that you have the option to start the stimulating study environment.
contacting the Programme Director.
DIPLOMA (PART-TIME)
In the Postgraduate Diploma, you
OUR PROGRAMMES CAN BE STUDIED PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME,
will explore aspects of leadership
INDIVIDUALLY OR COMBINED IN OUR ONE YEAR FULL-TIME
and management, and contemporary
MASTERS PROGRAMME
practices in education. Diploma
modules are designed to provide you
with the knowledge and skills upon
which you can continue to build your
own academic studies or career. If you
choose self-directed learning for the
Diploma, which is delivered completely
online, contact hours are 120-165 hours
per module. If you choose to study via STUDY OPTIONS:
CERTIFICATE,
the blended route, as well as online DIPLOMA AND
learning, you will attend one study day MASTERS
per module (eight hours per study day).
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INTERCALATION
If you are considering taking a year out from your
Medicine programme to intercalate, it is important to STUDENT
choose a programme of study that you are genuinely SUCCESS RATE
OF PUBLISHABLE
interested in. Studying this programme will give you an
WORK AT
advantage when applying for training and jobs, as MASTERS LEVEL
well as making you a better clinician and/or academic.
CAREERS AND PROGRAMME
ACCREDITATION
Our Certificate is accredited by Advance HE (formerly
the Higher Education Academy), meaning that on
successfully completing the Certificate you can apply
for recognition as a Fellow of the Higher Education
Academy (FHEA) – a status recognised by professional
bodies as an indicator of teaching scholarship.
In addition upon completion of the certificate, you
can apply for membership of the Academy of Medical
This programme has given me an
Educators through a streamlined process. Membership
allows the use of post-nominal letters MAcadMEd.
invaluable insight into key aspects
of medical education, especially areas
Many of our graduates from the Certificate go on to study
such as assessment and feedback.
the Diploma and Masters programmes, and forge exciting
careers as leaders, educators, researchers, practitioners
The course has also highlighted
and clinicians. We hope their stories will inspire you to concepts I often overlooked in my
take this next step on your career path. role as an educator, such as the
importance of clinical reasoning.
I have evolved and improved as an
educator as a result of studying
this programme, which can only be
positive for the students I teach.
ON SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THE
CERTIFICATE YOU CAN APPLY FOR Dr Hisham Nobeebaccus, GP and
RECOGNITION AS A FELLOW OF THE Interim Director of Primary Care
HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY Education at Hull York Medical School
Certificate in Health Professions Education
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MODULES AND ELECTIVES
You can choose from a range of modules allowing you to tailor the programme to
suit your interests and career goals.
LEARNING AND TEACHING PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH APPROACHES
In this module you will be introduced
REFLECTIVE PRACTICE IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS
to the basic principles in learning and During this module you will develop the
EDUCATION
teaching within a health profession/ tools and framework to reflect critically In this module you will be introduced
clinical environment. You will enhance on your practice as a health professions to key concepts in quantitative and
your skills as an effective clinical teacher educator, especially in relation to qualitative research in order to form a
with a good grounding in educational learning, teaching and assessment. You research question, plan an appropriate
theory and you will learn basic teaching will reflect on professional conduct as methodological approach and method
skills such as writing outcomes. a critical part of professional practice for data collection and analysis,
and familiarise yourself with behavioural and write a research proposal. The
measures of these subjective constructs. module will give you the foundational
Learner, peer, and self-evaluation knowledge to interrogate published
feedback will be used to enhance your literature and to take a reflective stance
own teaching and education practice. towards your own research.
ASSESSMENT AND TEACHING CLINICAL CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
FEEDBACK REASONING IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS
You will be provided with the framework This module provides theoretical
EDUCATION
to analyse and review your experiences and conceptual awareness of the This module will challenge you
in assessment and feedback. You development of clinical reasoning as a to reconsider the ideologies and
will learn to engage critically with key professional skill. It will take you from assumptions underpinning current
the literature relating to assessment the underpinning educational theory models of curriculum, course and
and feedback and use case studies and the context of teaching through to assessment design in Health Professions
to explore the relationships between factors influencing curriculum reform Education. You will be engaged in
assessment, feedback and learning. and design and assessment of clinical critically examining the key discourses
reasoning skills. Contemporary issues and ideologies shaping medical and
and novel approaches to teaching will health professions curricula.
also be covered.
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ANATOMY PEDAGOGY YOU WILL BE INSPIRED
This module prepares students to teach anatomy by
BY SUBJECT EXPERTS
introducing different pedagogic approaches, assessment
AND GO ON TO BECOME
methods that are unique to anatomy and concepts INSPIRING, DEDICATED
relating to legislation, storage and preparation TEACHERS, LEADERS,
of cadaveric material. ACADEMICS AND
PRACTITIONERS
LEADERSHIP IN HEALTH
PROFESSIONS EDUCATION
You will be provided with an opportunity to critically
examine contemporary leadership and management
processes in Health Professions Education. You will
become better equipped to be involved with shaping
your institutional and personal leadership approaches,
and to be confident in the critical analysis of ideas
relating to leadership theory and models in the context
of Health Professions Education. You will learn to
be proficient in advancing change through a critical
appreciation of the context and culture relating to change
management – both personally and in your institution.
DISSERTATION
The MSc will involve a major research project and you will
gain knowledge and skills to deliver high quality research
in health professions education. This can be literature or
research based.
ANY OF OUR MODULES CAN BE STUDIED
AS AN INDEPENDENT CPD COURSE
RESEARCH
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PROGRAMME TIMELINE
CERTIFICATE DIPLOMA MSc
Entry point 1 Research Approaches
Learning
in Health Professions
AUTUMN TERM and Teaching
Education
(Oct-Dec) (20 credits)
(20 credits)
Contemporary Issues
Assessment
in Health Professions
and Feedback
Entry point 2 Education
(20 credits)
SPRING TERM (20 credits)
OR Dissertation
(Jan-Mar) OR
Anatomy Pedagogy (60 credits)
Anatomy Pedagogy
(20 credits)
(20 credits)
Professional and Leadership in Health
Reflective Practice Professions Education
(20 credits) (20 credits)
SUMMER TERM
OR OR
(Apr-Jun)
I have found the Masters Teaching Clinical Teaching Clinical
Reasoning Reasoning
programme definitely (20 credits) (20 credits)
challenging and always
interesting. The programme
gives you the opportunity
to look at the theory behind
the practice of teaching and START DATES TO
CHOOSE FROM
learning and allows you to (JANUARY/ WE HAVE DESIGNED THESE
consider how the theory can SEPTEMBER) PROGRAMMES TO BE AS
help you in your own practical FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE TO
teaching context. FIT AROUND BUSY WORK
SCHEDULES
Dr Bill Laughey, GP, PBL and clinical skills
tutor, and now a tutor on the Health
Professions Education programme
MSc Health Professions Education
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Learning the theory
TEACHING, LEARNING behind clinical reasoning
has not only changed the
AND ASSESSMENT way I teach and assess
students, but it has also
fundamentally changed
my practice. Clinical
Our Health Professions Education Weekly online Virtual Learning Meetings with your Programme Tutor
programmes offer a flexible ladder of Environment (VLE) activities You have the option to meet with
reasoning is what makes
progression. You can study at your own The VLE is where you will complete your Programme Tutor face-to-face our job fascinating –
pace, progressing from Certificate to tasks set for each week, and provides or speak to them on the telephone for the old adage of being
Diploma to Masters. You can choose you with easy access to resources. You any guidance or support, depending a medical detective
to study the programmes either via can catch up with tasks the following on your preference. – and this module has
blended learning or distance learning week if you are away.
reawakened my joy
to fit around your work and home
commitments. in this.
Assessment
Dr Debbie Rose, GP and Medicine
The blended route mixes face-to- Online communications with your If you choose the Certificate or
clinical placements supervisor
face study days with online learning peers and the programme team Diploma, you will be assessed on each Certificate in Health Professions
throughout the modules. Study days Your group holds a wealth of module using a range of approaches, Education
are either on campus at the University knowledge and experience, and we including written assignments and
of Hull or the University recognise that peer contribution contributions to online activities. You
of York. is especially important in learning. will also map your learning to the UK
You will discuss and collaborate on Professional Standards Framework
Whilst our programmes are delivered activities and part of the summative (UK PSF) through a learning journal.
primarily through distance learning, mark for each module will be awarded If you study our Masters programme,
you will have the opportunity to come for online engagement. assessment includes a literature review,
into the Medical School to meet tutors or a major research
and fellow students for face-to-face project (dissertation).
study days. During your studies, the
programme will be delivered in the Face-to-face study days
following ways: Our optional face-to-face study days
(one per module) involve interactive
workshops to explore ideas with your
peers. They are a brilliant opportunity
to share good practice and network
with colleagues from a range of
healthcare professions.
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Studying Health Professions Education Our tutors are motivated and Visit hyms.ac.uk/hpe to apply using our online application form.
is a challenging and rewarding enthusiastic professionals, who are
experience, and demonstrates a dedicated to ensuring you receive the
significant personal commitment. support you need. Each student will be
Teaching on the programme is delivered
assigned a personal tutor, so you will
have a personalised learning experience ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
by experienced clinical academics and and will be helped with any academic or
researchers from our Health Professions pastoral issues that may arise.
Education Unit (HPEU), a research
Part-time Certificate Intercalating students
group dedicated to advancing health In addition, Hull York Medical School
Applicants to the Certificate must hold Students considering intercalating
professions education, from recruitment, also has a dedicated Student Support
a relevant undergraduate degree or its on the full-time Masters in Health
selection and widening access to Team, who is there to help if you have
equivalent and have access to an Professions Education must have
medical education, to curriculum any confidential non-academic queries
appropriate level of teaching activity satisfactorily completed a minimum
development and assessment. or concerns.
during the year of the programme - we of three years on their undergraduate
recommend around 18 hours, which Medicine degree. Intercalating
ideally should consist of a few separate students will be offered peer teaching
OUR DEDICATED STUDENT SUPPORT TEAM IS ALWAYS events. opportunities to help them meet the
AVAILABLE TO HELP programme outcomes. We warmly
welcome intercalating students from
Part-time Diploma or Masters
other institutions also.
If you have already completed the
Certificate with us, you can progress
easily onto the next programme - please English language requirements
speak to the Programme Director. Applicants whose first language is not
FEES AND FUNDING Applicants who have completed the
Certificate and/or Diploma modules
English will be required to demonstrate
evidence of proficiency in English
elsewhere and wish to progress to language as follows: IELTS: 6.5 (in the
the Diploma or Masters may apply for ‘Academic’ test, with minimum score
TUITION FEES FOR 2021/22 ARE AS FOLLOWS: transfer of credit. Applicants without an of 6 in all four language competences:
existing qualification can, in exceptional Listening, Reading, Speaking and
Health Professions Education (PG Cert) Health Professions Education (MSc)
circumstances, apply for credit for Writing and taken within the last
Part-time, distance learning (1 year): Part-time, distance learning (1 year):
experiential learning. two years.)
£3,380 £3,380
This fee is for the first stage of the This fee is for the third stage of the The University of York offers
course (60 credits) course (60 credits) Full-time Masters Pre-Sessional English courses for
Applicants to the full-time Masters international students wishing to
Health Professions Education (PG Dip) must hold a relevant undergraduate improve their English language
Part-time, distance learning (1 year): degree or its equivalent. Students must skills. Further information can be
£3,380 have access to an appropriate level of found at www.york.ac.uk.
This fee is for the second stage of the Learn more teaching activity during the year of the
course (60 credits) hyms.ac.uk/hpe programme.
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