The Graduate Diploma in Clinical Education is a 36-unit program offered by the College of Medicine and Public Health.
This articulated, multi-disciplinary program is designed to provide health professionals with advanced knowledge and skills to deliver clinical education in health service settings. This is an emergent specialty field of education characterised by a symbiotic relationship between the learner, an experienced clinical educator and the health service.
This course is suitable for educators in both clinical and academic settings. The Graduate Diploma in Clinical Education has topics in common with the masters program and students who hold either the graduate certificate or graduate diploma receive credit for related topics
Admission requirements
Applicants must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution, or the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Education, or equivalent. However, the Dean (Education) may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.
Course aims
The graduate diploma will provide health professionals with advanced knowledge and skills to deliver clinical education in health service settings. This is an emergent specialty field of education characterised by a symbiotic relationship between the learner, an experienced clinical educator and the health service.
The course aims to provide health professionals with an understanding of foundational principles of symbiotic clinical education and the ability to demonstrate advanced and applied knowledge and skills in clinical education.
Learning outcomes
Knowledge
Graduates of the course are expected to have advanced knowledge relating to the theory, policy and practice of symbiotic clinical education within the health professions, universities and health services.
Skills
Graduates of the course are expected to have advanced cognitive, technical and communication skills relating to the theory, policy and practice of symbiotic clinical education, and be able to:
- critically analyse and synthesise information, problems, concepts and theories relating to symbiotic clinical education and the educational programs offered across a range of health professions and disciplines
- appraise and evaluate learning and teaching pedagogies and practices
- transmit knowledge, skills, ideas and solutions related to symbiotic clinical education to others, including stakeholders within the health professions, universities, health services, governments and community.
Application of knowledge and skills
Graduates of the course are expected to be able to apply knowledge and skills to demonstrate:
- autonomy, adaptability and responsibility as an educational practitioner
- capacity to supervise health professionals learning in clinical practice
- well-developed judgement relating to the theory, policy and practice of symbiotic clinical education within the health professions, universities and health services.
Program of study
To qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Clinical Education, a student must complete 36 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.
Core topics
18 units comprising
HLED9101 Symbiotic Clinical Education for the Health Professions 1 (4.5 units)
HLED9102 Symbiotic Clinical Education for the Health Professions 2 (4.5 units)
HLED9103 Symbiotic Clinical Education for the Health Professions 3 (4.5 units)
HLED9104 Assessment of Learning for the Health Professions (4.5 units)
Option topics
Students must select 18 units from the following option topics
Select at least 4.5 units from the following topics:
HLED9105 Reflective Learning and Teaching (4.5 units)
HLED9106 Leadership & Change for the Health Professions (4.5 units)
HLED9108 Research Skills in Clinical Education (4.5 units)*
Plus up to 13.5 units from:
HLED9107 Curriculum Design for the Health Professions (4.5 units)
HLED9109 Advanced Clinical Skills Teaching & Standardised Patients (4.5 units)
HLED9111 Simulation in Clinical Education (4.5 units)
HLED9112 Facilitating Interprofessional Learning (4.5 units)
HLED9115 Social Accountability in Health Professional Education (4.5 units)
or up to 13.5 units of postgraduate elective topics selected with the approval of the Course Coordinator, provided topic prerequisites are met.
*Students considering progression to the Master of Clinical Education by Researh must select this topic.
