Health Professions Education

GradCert Health Professions Education
Graduate Taught (level 9 nfq, credits 40)
The Graduate Certificate in Health Professions Education (HPE) is an interdisciplinary programme for all health and social care professionals who already hold a relevant masters degree and are seeking a graduate qualification that will prepare them to design programmes of study and facilitate students' learning.

Because of the programmes teaching practice requirements (80 hours of theoretical teaching and 20 hours of clinical teaching), it is best suited to applicants whose roles include a substantial teaching component.

For Registered Nurses and Midwives, who hold a relevant masters degree, approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI), this programme will confer eligibility to register as a Nurse Tutor (RNT) or as a Midwife Tutor (RMT).

Course Description
The Graduate Certificate in Health Professions Education (HPE) is an interdiscplinary programme for all health and social care professionals who already hold a relevant masters degree and are seeking a graduate qualification that will prepare them to design programmes of study and faciltate students' learning.

Because of the programme's teaching practice requirements (80 hours of theoretical teaching and 20 hours of clinical teaching), it is best suited to applicants whose roles include a substantial teaching component.

For Registered Nurses and Midwives, who hold a relevant masters degree, approved by the Nursing and Midwfery Board of Ireland (NMBI), this programme will confer eligibility to register as a Nurse Tutor (RNT) or as a Midwife Tutor (RMT).

Stage 1 - Core
• Enabling Effective Learning - NMHS43630
• Creating Curriculum - NMHS43640
• Facilitating Std Learning 1 - NMHS43910
• Facilitating Std Learning 2 - NMHS43920

Entry Requirements
• Applicants who already hold a Masters Degree in a relevant subject may take the Graduate Certificate in Health Professions Education. For nurses and midwives, the degree must be deemed suitable by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI).

• Applicants must hold active registration as a health professional with the appropriate regulatory body.

• Applicants must have at least three years or equivalent clinical experience as a registered health professional prior to entry. This experience should be in clinical areas where students of the applicant's health professional discipline undertake placements as part of their pre- and post-registration education.

• Prior to commencing the programme, applicants must provide evidence that they have secured access to the teaching experience required to undertake it. During the programme students must undertake at least 100 teaching hours (at least eighty [80] classroom teaching hours and at least twenty [20] clinical teaching hours). The assessment of teaching skills in the context of professional practice hours must be completed under the supervision of an experienced health professional educator and, in the case of nurses and midwives, a Registered Nurse or Midwife Tutor.

• Opportunities must also be provided to observe the role of preceptors, lecturers in the health profession and other health care specialists who coordinate students' clinical learning experiences and the assessment of learning in practice.

Documents Required
• Two academic references
• One professional reference
• Copies of academic transcripts from completed degree programme/s
• Completed Declaration Form with confirmation of teaching arrangements, confirming that:

Please note:
1. The applicant has secured at least 100 teaching hours (at least eighty [80] classroom teaching hours and at least twenty [20] clinical teaching hours). This confirmation must be signed by the appropriate person(s) in the Higher Education Institution and/or Centre of Nurse or Midwife Education, and the Healthcare Provider Organisation providing the teaching opportunities.
2. The assessment of teaching skills in the context of the professional (clinical) practice hours will be completed under the supervision of a named experienced health professional educator and, in the case of nurses and midwives, a named Registered Nurse or Midwife Tutor (please provide name/s and contact details).
3. Opportunities will be provided to observe the role of preceptors, lecturers in the health profession and other health care specialists who coordinate students' clinical learning experiences and the assessment of learning in practice.

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
RPL may be granted in respect of individual modules if applicants can demonstrate that the modules' learning outcomes have been achieved through prior credentialled or experiential learning. In some cases, where an applicant does not meet the prerequisites for entry to a programme, an RPL application may be considered.

The following entry routes are available:
GC Health Prof Edu PT (X888)
Deadline: Rolling*

* Courses will remain open until such time as all places have been filled, therefore early application is advised

Part Time option suitable for:
Domestic(EEA) applicants: Yes
International (Non EEA) applicants currently residing outside of the EEA Region. No

This interdisciplinary programme will prepare health and social care professionals to design and deliver programmes of study for undergraduate and graduate students of their disciplines.

For registered nurses and midwives, who hold a masters degree, successful completion of the programme leads to registration in the Nurse or Midwife Tutors' division of the Register maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland.

1 year part-time.