Innovating Learning, Teaching Assessment Toward Enhanced Professional Practice Certificate of Credit

Program Overview

This 12-week Certificate of Credit program, accredited by Advance HE, equips registered health professionals with skills in professional practice education. It covers innovating learning, teaching, and assessment practices, fostering critical reflection, and exploring principles of education for sustainable development and inclusive practice. Upon completion, participants can apply for Associate Fellow Advance HE recognition and enhance their career prospects in interprofessional practice education.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This is a 12-week, level 7, 20-credit undergraduate Certificate of Credit program designed for registered health, social care, or allied health professionals who support higher education learning, teaching, and assessment across acute or community service provision.

Objectives:

• To develop skills in professional practice education.
• To incorporate and embed principles of education for sustainable development and inclusive practice into professional practice.
• To foster critical reflection techniques and develop as a Practice Educator.

Outline:

Core Modules:

• Innovating learning, teaching and assessment toward enhanced professional practice: This module focuses on how teaching and assessment in the Health and Social Care context supports learning in diverse professional and academic settings.
It explores the following components:
• Your personal context and identity as a practitioner
• The context of higher education in the wider workplace
• Knowledge of learning theories, teaching and assessment principles and practices, and tutoring approaches

Module Learning Outcomes:

• Critically identify and apply appropriate digital tools in teaching/providing evidence and administrative processes in the professional educator role.
• Deploy high-level subject knowledge to facilitate high-quality teaching and learning.
• Critically appraise the wider context in which Interprofessional practice and development operates to inform your academic professional practice.
• Deploy varying teaching and assessment methods to deliver engaging, high-quality teaching in a range of learning environments to meet a range of learner needs.
• Critically apply relevant theories, research, professional knowledge and evidence to your own and wider professional education contexts.
• Demonstrate respect and provision for equality, diversity and inclusion; ethics; and sustainability in all aspects of professional educational practice.
• Effectively communicate in a range of professional education practice contexts.
• Critically evaluate Interprofessional practice education and reflect on your progress as a professional practice educator, including enthusiasm and self-confidence in a range of aspects of your role.

Module Content:

• Self-identity as a professional educator in the practice setting and personal development inc English and Maths
• The context of higher education and wider professional practice education – Including Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Body (PSRB) requirements, continued professional development (CPD), Prevent, British Values and Safeguarding
• The civic role of HE and wider organisations including Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
• Equality, appreciation for diversity and Inclusion toward sustainable development
• Learning theories and teaching approaches including digital technologies
• Developing effective learning environments toward active learning
• Theory, principles and practices of assessment including protecting the public, failing to fail and professional body requirements

Assessment:

• 100% coursework with a range of methods, such as essays, research reports, presentations, group work, and practical reports.

Teaching:

• Online learning with regular touch points with the module tutor.
• Live sessions delivered to discuss educational issues and engage and debate with fellow students via a community of practice and interprofessional cultural exchange.
• Orientation through a Course Induction
• Community of Practice and Professional Networks
• Critical Appraisal via Feedback and Observation
• Mentoring from a Practice Education Facilitator

Careers:

• Career prospects will be enhanced upon completion of this Certificate of Credit through demonstrating that you can study at postgraduate level, by developing a working knowledge of how higher education applies to a diverse range of settings and through networking with an interprofessional community of practice.
• Upon successful completion of the Innovating learning, teaching and assessment toward enhanced professional practice module, the requirements of Advance HE Professional Standards Framework (PSF) Descriptor 1 (D1) will be met.
• You will need to be supported within your place of work by a Practice Education Facilitator (PEF) / mentor.
The PEF/Mentor will observe and assess your progression toward meeting the expectations of the practice requirements of the programme. The PEF/Mentor will sign off your final submission of the required hours and note your fitness for practice as an educator. It will be your responsibility to secure a PEF/Mentor who holds a PGCE and Advance HE Fellowship. This would entail completing one additional 40 credit module to achieve the full PG Cert and Advance HE Fellowship recognition.