University of Staffordshire

Simulation Based Education MSc

University of StaffordshireCentre for Health Innovation Stafford, United Kingdom

Course overview

You will learn from and alongside others from a wide range of professional backgrounds and contexts, helping you to apply principles of simulation across a multi-disciplinary context Our part-time, distance learning course uses a blend of synchronous and asynchronous delivery to help you fit your studies around your professional and personal commitments Our teaching, learning and assessment approach draws on your own personal and professional experience, helping you to demonstrate application to your own working context This course has been designed for professionals who are currently utilising or considering the pedagogy of simulation for teaching, learning, assessment, modelling of concepts, or devising new ways and changing systems of working and to those working in safety and quality. Our course is structured to aid and support educators at a range of levels and across different sectors to implement or enhance their use of simulation-based learning. You might be a technologist, technician, teacher, lecturer, or similar and want to innovate in your teaching methods to better prepare learners to utilise their skills in the real world.

Key highlights

  • Learn alongside professionals from a wide range of disciplines and sectors
  • Part-time distance learning with synchronous and asynchronous delivery
  • Assessment draws on and applies to your own working context
  • Covers simulation for teaching, assessment, modelling and changing systems
  • Relevant to those working in healthcare safety and quality
  • Supports educators to implement or enhance simulation-based learning

Entry requirements

  • Degree: 2:2 — Honours degree from a UK university at 2:2 or international equivalent from a recognised institution.

Scholarships

  • Alumni Discount

    25% on tuition fees compared to other universities, making your postgraduate degree a smart investment.

  • PGCE Bursary

    The PGCE Bursary comprises six awards of £500 each.

    Up to £500

Careers this course leads to

  • Simulation educator
  • Simulation technologist
  • Simulation technician
  • Clinical skills lecturer
  • Clinical educator
  • Patient safety and quality lead

Cost of study

UK/Home: £9,720 per course | International: £9,720 per course

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Staffordshire, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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