PG Cert Interprofessional Practice Education
When can you start this course? | Fees | Course length | Entry requirements
Why choose this course?
- If you're a professional in health and social care, with a teaching aspect to your role, this course is ideal for you.
- This course meets the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards to support learning and assessment in practice for both Practice Teacher and Nurse Teacher Status qualifications (NMC 2008).
- It is also approved by the Higher Education Academy (HEA) as meeting the UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and supporting learning. This means you can be sure that what you learn is up to date and relevant, helping you to gain accreditation as an associate or fellow of the HEA when you graduate.
- You will get the chance to study alongside other health professionals, which will help you to develop the professional, academic and personal skills to achieve the best results in educational practice.
- You'll develop your knowledge and gain excellent teaching skills across many contexts from higher education to clinical practice, so you can have the skills you'll need to enhance your career.
About the course
If you're keen to develop your skills and knowledge in education within your practice setting then this course will help you to be at the forefront of professional practice education. Your current workplace will be the focus of your learning, so before you can study this course, you'll need to be able to facilitate learning in your practice environment and have the full support from your employer.
You'll experience a variety of teaching methods including a mixture of traditional learning and learning using web based and electronic tools. You'll also take part in group work and reflective practice, which means you'll consider how you have developed and applied your knowledge. You'll be assessed by your peers and the group, as well as through the reflective portfolios that you develop during the course. This will allow you to improve your practice by applying what you have learnt to your own practice.
If you study all modules on this course, then you'll meet the requirements for Nurse Teacher Status (Nursing and Midwifery Council, 2008), but if you study just the first two modules then you'll gain Practice Teacher Status. Practice Teacher Status is a requiement for health visitor and school nurse mentors. It's advisable for a range of other health professional practice learning related roles, such as clinical facilitator, practice educator and skills trainer.
Find out more about what subjects and modules you'll be studying...Your career
When you graduate you'll be able to effectively co-ordinate and organise a range of learning activities within practice learning environments or academic environments. You'll also be able to support interprofessional learning and working in the context of modern healthcare whilst your experience on the course will also open up a range of opportunities for employment as a clinical educator or within higher education institutions.
Steven Collis who has recently graduated from this course now works as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Home Oxygen Assessment. Steven said: "A huge part of the role of a nurse specialist is education - both for patients and for clinicians. I feel that the qualification I gained at Derby did help me to obtain the post and has prepared me for the teaching aspect of the role." Read his full story here.
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Start dates
If you're from the UK or EU you can apply to study this course in:
- September 2012
Fees*
UK students
- £815 per single module (you usually take 3 of these modules in total).
*These fees apply if you're starting this course between September 2012 and August 2013. We recommend you check fee details with us though, as they can change. Costs can increase each year.
Course length
This course starts in September. You can study it full time for one year or part time over two years.Entry requirements
You need to have an existing professional qualification in an aspect of healthcare such as ...
