PgCert Healthcare Education (Practice Teacher – Community Specialist Practice)

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Sheffield Hallam University

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• Entry requirements
  The 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 title
  PgCert Healthcare Education (Practice Teacher – Community Specialist Practice)
• Course description
  This 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.
  

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