PgCert Healthcare Education (Practice Teacher – Community Specialist Practice)
Entry requirementsThe course is open to all community nurses – school nurses, district nurses, health visitors, and psychiatric nurses, and will enhance your career in these areas.
Academic titlePgCert Healthcare Education (Practice Teacher – Community Specialist Practice)
Course descriptionThis well-established course is offered as part of an educational route through the Health and Social Care Practice Framework. There are elements of practice-based learning and a specific community-based module. Course content includes discipline, specific principles of practice, teaching and learning strategies, assessment of students in the community, educational/professional debate, communication skills, and the sociology of education.
Health and Social Care Practice Framework
This course is part of the wider Health and Social Care Practice Framework, a broad and flexible programme of professional courses aimed at healthcare practitioners.
Course content
Modules
• developing education practice
• principles and practice of practice teacher role
Entry requirements
Normally a degree and three years of community specialist practice experience, although candidates are considered on an individual basis. Applicants are also required to have completed a mentoring course and have mentoring experience. APEL arrangements are possible and will be considered on an individual basis.
Assessment
Assessment varies from module to module, and includes assignments, research critiques, clinical evaluations, the presentation of case study analyses and a portfolio.
The aim of the assessment is to identify and develop students’ critical abilities to apply the theoretical aspects of the course to complex clinical situations and make sound professional judgements, and to operate as competent independent practitioners.