Education for Healthcare Professionals

Overview

Learning and teaching takes many forms in practice and accounts for a sizable portion of any healthcare professionals role. This interprofessional postgraduate certificate is designed to enable healthcare professionals to facilitate learning and teaching in their practice. The course is facilitated through linking your practice to the university sessions. It prepares the professional to engage in learning and teaching in the workplace with colleagues, peers, other professionals and service users.



Work placement / study abroad

Whilst there is no placement as such it is recognised that the majority of students undertaking this course will be embedded in practice. Thus a lot of what you study at the university will be interpreted through the lens of its applicability to your clinical practice.

Year one

Principles of Learning, Teaching and Assessment in Healthcare Practice

Principles of Healthcare Education

Learning and Teaching in Professional Practice

Enhancing Learning and Teaching in the Practice Setting

Applicants must hold registration in a Healthcare related discipline.



Applicants must:

(a) have gained (i) an Honours or non-Honours degree from a University of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland, from the Council for National Academic Awards, the National Council for Educational Awards, the Higher Education and Training Awards Council or from an institution of another country which is recognised as being of an equivalent standard; or (ii) an equivalent standard in a Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma or an approved alternative qualification;



and (b) provide evidence of competence in written or spoken English (GCSE grade C or equivalent); or as an alternative to (a) (i) or (a) (ii) and/or (b):



(c) In exceptional circumstances, where an individual can demonstrate evidence of successful completion of a minimum of level 6 study of 10 credits and above, OR the completion of a portfolio of written evidence demonstrating the meeting of graduate qualities (including subject-specific outcomes, as determined by the Course Committee) may be considered as an alternative entrance route. Evidence of successful completion of level 6 study or above or that which is used to demonstrate graduate qualities may not be used for exemption against modules within the programme.



English Language Requirements

English language requirements for international applicants



The University has a standard English language entry requirement of IELTS 6.0 with the added provision that no individual band score (in the four bands of reading, listening, speaking and writing) be below 5.5.



• For English language requirements go to: https://www.ulster.ac.uk/global/apply/english-language-requirements



• For Your country go to: https://www.ulster.ac.uk/global/apply/country



Exemptions and transferability

Accreditation of previous learning is an important concept in the Faculty of Life and Health Sciences. If you have any queries about this you should contact the Course Director directly.

Your Application

You can apply directly to Ulster at any time of year. We advise that you submit your application no later than two weeks prior to your course start date. This is to ensure there is sufficient time for your application to be reviewed and, should you be made an offer, time for you to complete all the necessary pre-enrolment tasks.



Some programmes will have specific deadlines as additional selection (e.g. interview, portfolio submission etc) is required, so please check the course page to ensure you have sufficient time to complete your application.

Start Date: September 2026.

Careers and Opportunities

The course is an attractive option for those wishing to develop their career. The primary function of the course is to enable you to develop a skill set in learning and teaching that will be immediately relevant to your current practice. The course also enables you to progress to further study at postgraduate level. In addition, there are colleagues who practice in areas that have a substantial educational component and have found that having a qualification in education at a postgraduate level has been very beneficial.