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Expand your knowledge and skills in medical education. Focus on areas relevant to your current and future medical education practice. Take a crucial step in obtaining a full master's qualification.
The Diploma in Medical Education is for those who want to take their knowledge and skills of Medical Education a little bit further than the PG Cert. The course is primarily for those who regularly train / supervise medical students or resident doctors. It is also suitable for those in the dental or veterinary professions.
The course aims to generate people who deliver excellent, practical training in the complex, busy healthcare workplace where time is precious and patient care paramount.
You will have a chance to focus on areas relevant to your current and future medical education practice, aiming to support you in any future role in medical education.
The Diploma will provide the next step up towards a full Masters qualification if you wish to go further.
The course uses a mix of online lectures, group-based seminars, interactive workshop activities, and action learning sets. Self-directed learning will also support your learning experience.
The course is taught on a part-time basis via live synchronous sessions, self-study, and asynchronous activity on the Canvas platform. There are regular on-site days each term to meet your fellow students and receive face to face training. We also run a writing day every term to improve your academic writing skills in parallel to the whole course.
You will be assessed using multiple methods reflecting the underpinning principles of universal design for learning. These include reflective writing, individual presentation with feedback, creation of teaching materials and submission of a portfolio of practice.
We don’t currently display entry requirements for United States. Please contact the Student Admin team on studentadmin@sunderland.ac.uk or 0191 515 3154.
You are expected to be a regular teacher or supervisor of medical students or doctors, dentists, or vets in current UK practice. Applicants will hold a medical degree (MB BS, MBChB) or a first degree of 2:2 or above.
University of Sunderland staff will apply via the HR staff qualifications policy agreeing workload remission and support with their line manager.
This course is suitable for applicants to enter with advanced standing. You will need at least 60 credits or equivalent to be suitable for entry. Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) is permitted for up to 120 credits. APL will normally be applied against the modules in the Postgraduate Certificate usually because the applicant holds a Postgraduate Certificate of equivalence. Normal university processes of mapping learning outcomes will be applied. APL is permitted only where all of the course learning outcomes to the level of a particular exit award have been met.
We encourage all potential applicants to contact the course leader before applying, to ensure that the course learning outcomes can be achieved and that the route is suitable for you. Please email postgraduatemeded@sunderland.ac.uk to arrange this.
The tuition fee for this course is:
As this course is part-time, we can only consider international students currently residing in the UK on a suitable visa that covers the duration of your studies (e.g. Tier 2).
If you wish to go on to study Master of Medical Education, the next-year tuition fee would be the same as above.
This information was correct at the time of publication.
We aim to provide you with the skills and expertise to take your medical education career further. You should consider these courses to help you as a supervisor, teacher, course organiser, training programme lead or further.
The majority of students who study this course will be already qualified doctors or health professionals seeking to develop their career in medical education. The course is designed to develop your skills and knowledge as a teaching professional and as such, will ensure that you are able to offer student-centred teaching and learning experiences.