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Degree Programme Table: Clinical Education (Online Learning) (ICL) (PgDip) (PTPGDCLIED1U)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Notes:
120 credits are required for the award of the Diploma. Students can take between 20 and 120 credits in Year 1.

All students must complete the three compulsory courses (MEED11022, MEED11013 and MEED11014).

The compulsory courses are required to exit with an earlier PGCert degree.

Please note that electives will be subject to availability. In any given year not all option courses may be available.

Students intending to continue on to the MSc and do the Dissertation (MEED11021) must take Research in Clinical Education (MEED11017) as pre-requisite.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Clinical Education ICL Core Courses

Select between 20 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These three courses are compulsory courses on the programme and must be taken. Students may choose when they take each course but must have completed all three by the end of the programme.
Principles of Teaching and Learning
MEED11013 20 credits
The Curriculum
MEED11014 20 credits
Assessment, Examinations and Standard Setting
MEED11022 20 credits
AND

Clinical Education ICL Option Courses

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Research in Clinical Education
MEED11017 20 credits
Policy, Leadership, Management and Evaluation
MEED11020 20 credits
Quantitative Research in Clinical Education
MEED11023 20 credits
Clinical Education and Digital Culture
MEED11024 20 credits
Current issues in clinical education
MEED11025 20 credits
Simulation Methodology for Clinical Education
MEED11027 20 credits
Personal and Professional Development for Practice
MEED11029 20 credits
Teaching online in a professional context
MEED11034 20 credits
Critical Literature Review
MEED11036 20 credits
Current Issues in Simulation Based Education
MEED11037 20 credits
Interprofessional Education for Collaborative Practice
MEED11038 20 credits

Year 2 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Notes:
120 credits are required for the award of the Diploma. Students can take between 20 and 120 credits in Year 1.

All students must complete the three compulsory courses (MEED11022, MEED11013 and MEED11014).

The compulsory courses are required to exit with an earlier PGCert degree.

Please note that electives will be subject to availability. In any given year not all option courses may be available.

Students intending to continue on to the MSc and do the Dissertation (MEED11021) must take Research in Clinical Education (MEED11017) as pre-requisite.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Clinical Education ICL Core Courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These three courses are compulsory courses on the programme and must be taken. Students may choose when they take each course but must have completed all three by the end of the programme
Principles of Teaching and Learning
MEED11013 20 credits
The Curriculum
MEED11014 20 credits
Assessment, Examinations and Standard Setting
MEED11022 20 credits
AND

Clinical Education ICL Option Courses

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Research in Clinical Education
MEED11017 20 credits
Policy, Leadership, Management and Evaluation
MEED11020 20 credits
Quantitative Research in Clinical Education
MEED11023 20 credits
Clinical Education and Digital Culture
MEED11024 20 credits
Current issues in clinical education
MEED11025 20 credits
Simulation Methodology for Clinical Education
MEED11027 20 credits
Personal and Professional Development for Practice
MEED11029 20 credits
Teaching online in a professional context
MEED11034 20 credits
Critical Literature Review
MEED11036 20 credits
Current Issues in Simulation Based Education
MEED11037 20 credits
Interprofessional Education for Collaborative Practice
MEED11038 20 credits

Year 3 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Notes:
120 credits are required for the award of the Diploma. Students can take between 20 and 120 credits in Year 1.

All students must complete the three compulsory courses (MEED11022, MEED11013 and MEED11014).

The compulsory courses are required to exit with an earlier PGCert degree.

Please note that electives will be subject to availability. In any given year not all option courses may be available.

Students intending to continue on to the MSc and do the Dissertation (MEED11021) must take Research in Clinical Education (MEED11017) as pre-requisite.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Clinical Education ICL Core Courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These three courses are compulsory courses on the programme and must be taken. Students may choose when they take each course but must have completed all three by the end of the programme.
Principles of Teaching and Learning
MEED11013 20 credits
The Curriculum
MEED11014 20 credits
Assessment, Examinations and Standard Setting
MEED11022 20 credits
AND

Clinical Education ICL Option Courses

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Research in Clinical Education
MEED11017 20 credits
Policy, Leadership, Management and Evaluation
MEED11020 20 credits
Quantitative Research in Clinical Education
MEED11023 20 credits
Clinical Education and Digital Culture
MEED11024 20 credits
Current issues in clinical education
MEED11025 20 credits
Simulation Methodology for Clinical Education
MEED11027 20 credits
Personal and Professional Development for Practice
MEED11029 20 credits
Teaching online in a professional context
MEED11034 20 credits
Critical Literature Review
MEED11036 20 credits
Current Issues in Simulation Based Education
MEED11037 20 credits
Interprofessional Education for Collaborative Practice
MEED11038 20 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Notes:
120 credits are required for the award of the Diploma. Students can take between 20 and 120 credits in Year 1.

All students must complete the three compulsory courses (MEED11022, MEED11013 and MEED11014).

The compulsory courses are required to exit with an earlier PGCert degree.

Please note that electives will be subject to availability. In any given year not all option courses may be available.

Students intending to continue on to the MSc and do the Dissertation (MEED11021) must take Research in Clinical Education (MEED11017) as pre-requisite.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Clinical Education ICL Core Courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These three courses are compulsory courses on the programme and must be taken. Students may choose when they take each course but must have completed all three by the end of the programme.
Principles of Teaching and Learning
MEED11013 20 credits
The Curriculum
MEED11014 20 credits
Assessment, Examinations and Standard Setting
MEED11022 20 credits
AND

Clinical Education ICL Option Courses

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Research in Clinical Education
MEED11017 20 credits
Policy, Leadership, Management and Evaluation
MEED11020 20 credits
Quantitative Research in Clinical Education
MEED11023 20 credits
Clinical Education and Digital Culture
MEED11024 20 credits
Current issues in clinical education
MEED11025 20 credits
Simulation Methodology for Clinical Education
MEED11027 20 credits
Personal and Professional Development for Practice
MEED11029 20 credits
Teaching online in a professional context
MEED11034 20 credits
Critical Literature Review
MEED11036 20 credits
Current Issues in Simulation Based Education
MEED11037 20 credits
Interprofessional Education for Collaborative Practice
MEED11038 20 credits
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