Graduate Certificate in Clinical Education

Admission requirements

Applicants must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution. 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 certificate 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.

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 information, problems, concepts and theories relating to symbiotic clinical education and the educational programs offered across a range of health professions and disciplines
analyse 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 Certificate in Clinical Education, a student must complete 18 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.

Core topics

13.5 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)

Option topics

Select 4.5 units from the following topics:*

HLED9104  Assessment of Learning for the Health Professions (4.5 units)
HLED9105  Reflective Learning and Teaching  (4.5 units)
HLED9106  Leadership & Change for the Health Professions (4.5 units)
HLED9107  Curriculum Design for the Health Professions (4.5 units)
HLED9108  Research Skills in Clinical Education (4.5 units)
HLED9112   Facilitating Interprofessional Learning (4.5 units)

*Or a 4.5 unit alternative postgraduate level option topic selected with the approval of the Course Coordinator, provided topic prerequisites are met.

Every effort has been made to ensure the information published on the Course Rule pages is accurate at the time of publication. Flinders University reserves the right to amend its curriculum without prior notice, and will update the Course Rules to reflect any amendments at the earliest opportunity.