This is a professional development course for medical education professionals, spanning all medical specialisms. It focuses on the history, contemporary issues and development of the field, as well as research methods and design and evaluation of research in medical education.
This part-time course is aimed at medical professionals and health science practitioners who are involved, or intend to be involved, in educating future health professionals. These medical professionals may include not only postgraduate physicians but also a range of graduate allied health science practitioners involved in the care of patients and in the education of the future healthcare workforce.
The MSc consists of six taught modules in the first year, assessed by written assignments. Teaching will cover the following topics:
- Patients, learners and teachers
- Curriculum and pedagogy
- Assessment issues and practices
- Educational theory and philosophy
- Work-based learning and skill development
- Educational research methods
- Equity, diversity and belonging
In the first year, you will attend six intensive teaching weekends at the Department of Education in Oxford over a Friday afternoon and Saturday, for interactive lectures and workshops. Additional teaching and online support will be provided through the University’s Virtual Learning Environment (Canvas).
In the second year, you will undertake a research and development project under the supervision of a member of academic staff culminating in a 15,000-20,000–word dissertation.