MCE/C Master of Clinical Education - Online

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Overview

The Master of Clinical Education - Online is a multi-disciplinary course 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 course articulates with the 18 unit Graduate Certificate in Clinical Education - Online and the 36 unit Graduate Diploma in Clinical Education - Online, and the sequentially developed topics enable progression through the three awards.

Student guidance

Program of study overview

Program of study notes

This Program of Study serves as a suggested study plan. When core topics are offered in both halves of the year, students may enrol in these topics in either half of the year as long as requisites are met.
As an alternative to 9 units of listed options topics and 4.5 units of elective topics, a student may select 13.5 units of alternative postgraduate level option topics with the approval of the Course Coordinator, provided topic prerequisites are met.

Program of study
54 Units

Year 136 Units

Core22.5 Units

First half18 Units

Second half4.5 Units

Option9 Units

Elective4.5 Units

Year 218 Units

Admission requirements

Admission requirements

Applicants who do not hold the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Education or the Graduate Diploma in Clinical Education must normally hold a degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution and have not less than two years' work experience in a relevant clinical area.

However, the Dean (Education) may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.

Aims

The course aims to provide health professionals with an understanding of foundational principles of symbiotic clinical education, the ability to demonstrate advanced and applied knowledge and skills in clinical education. Students will also be able to contribute to this specialist body of knowledge by undertaking a piece of educational research.

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