Because, you'll learn from leading nursing and midwifery educators, using contemporary, evidence-based teaching approaches that build your skills in teaching practice, curriculum design, simulation-based education and assessment and feedback across clinical and academic settings.
Our Education in healthcare specialisation prepares you to design and lead engaging educational experiences across clinical and academic settings.
What makes our Education in healthcare course different?
View
Our Education in healthcare specialisation prepares you to design and lead engaging educational experiences across clinical and academic settings.
Why Study With Us?
Designed for Working Professionals
We make balancing study and practice seamless through a flexible blended learning model:
Why Choose The Education in Healthcare Specialisation?
What will I study?
View
The Education in healthcare specialisation is built around two core 12-credit-point units designed to build your teaching expertise and leadership capability in clinical and academic settings. On successful completion of both units, you will be eligible to graduate with a Graduate Certificate of Advanced Nursing.
Education in health care practice
In this unit you will explore a range of theoretical underpinnings that impact upon the educational process in health care practice with emphasis placed on educational learning theories. You will apply theoretical learning to teaching practice through design, plan and delivery of a teaching practicum and reflecting on their role as a teacher within your own clinical practice. This unit will examine flexible and innovative teaching strategies for both classroom and clinical teaching and supervision experiences in a variety of contexts, including inter-professional education.
Education program development
Health professions’ educators need to acquire knowledge and skills to assess, design and develop contemporary, learner-centred education programs. This unit will introduce you to health education research and scholarship that supports evidence-based teaching and learning practices. You will work through the process of education program development and apply evidence-based teaching and learning strategies relevant to an education context. It will also prepare you with the knowledge and skills to comprehensively assess and evaluate the outcomes of the education program.
In the Education in healthcare specialisation you will:
We offer flexible learning – so you can attend classes on campus or online, or study at a time convenient to you
Should you wish to undertake further study and progress toward a higher qualification, pathways exist for you to continue your education in a Graduate Diploma or Master of Advanced Nursing. Further information is available in the course handbook.
How long will the course take?
View
The two core units will take one year of part-time study to complete.
Should you wish to proceed to further study beyond the Graduate Certificate of Advanced Nursing, further information to identify course duration is available in the course handbook.
How many hours will I spend a week studying on average?
View
You will have a total of 24 hours teacher facilitated and student-directed learning per week.
The study pathway shown is an example of part-time enrolment for a domestic student in the Education in healthcare specialisation.
The Master’s program offers flexibility to tailor your learning experience through elective units drawn from other specialisations. As individual study plans may differ, this pathway is provided as a guide only, and the order in which units are completed may vary.
Additional units or requirements may apply based on your individual needs.
-
