
Health Professions Postgraduate Certificate in Education
University of SunderlandSunderland, United Kingdom
Course overview
The PGCE Health Professions will help you build on your experience, knowledge, and teaching skills and take your career to the next level. You'll develop confidence in delivering learning using various methods and promote learning and teaching in your clinical setting. The course is ideally suited to those with significant education or teaching responsibility in their role, such as clinical educators.
For available funding opportunities, please contact [email protected].
Key highlights
- Builds on existing experience, knowledge and teaching skills
- Develops confidence delivering learning through a variety of methods
- Focuses on promoting learning and teaching in clinical settings
- Suited to clinical educators with significant teaching responsibility
Entry requirements
You're expected to have a substantial teaching workload, which should equate to more than 100 hours of direct student/learner contact each year. | You must be a registered healthcare professional or in a role where you are responsible for the learning of other registered healthcare professionals in your organisation.
Scholarships
Douglas Clasper Elite Sports Scholarship
The scholarship will award the following in each year of study (based on academic progression): £2,000 cash payment; a tuition fee discount of 20%; a 20% discount on university-managed accommodation.
East Durham College Partnership Award
This award provides a £1,500 cash award in each year of study, helping you access higher education with greater ease.
Up to £1,500First Choice Travel Award
This award provides £500 cash in your first year of study to assist with transport expenses, helping students access higher education with greater ease.
Up to £500Global Leaders Scholarship
£6,000 tuition fee reduction for undergraduates, £4,000 for MPharm Pharmacy students, or £5,500 tuition fee reduction (postgraduates).
Helen McArdle Nursing Scholarship
There are five scholarships available. Each scholarship awards £1,200 in each year of study.
Up to £1,200Interview Travel Reimbursement
Up to £100
Open Day Travel Reimbursement
Up to £100
Sir Bob Murray Health Scholarship (Psychology)
There are five scholarships available. Each scholarship awards £1,000 in your first year of study.
Up to £1,000Sunderland College Award
Our Sunderland College Award provides £1,500 plus a £250 voucher, in each year of continuous study. This will support you financially throughout your time at university.
Tees Valley Travel Award
This award provides a £1,500 cash award in each year of study to assist with transport expenses, helping you access higher education with greater ease.
Up to £1,500The Mary and Brian Archer Experience Scholarships
Up to £750.
We Care Postgraduate Bursary
The We Care Postgraduate Bursary awards £2,500 cash to eligible postgraduate students.
Up to £2,500
Careers this course leads to
- Clinical educator
- Practice educator
- Clinical skills facilitator
- Healthcare education lead
- Lecturer in health professions
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 Sunderland, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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