A selection of modules are available each year - some examples are below. There may be changes before you start your course. From May of the year of entry, formal programme regulations will be available in our Programme Regulations Finder.
The content of our courses is reviewed annually to make sure it's up-to-date and relevant. Individual modules are occasionally updated or withdrawn. This is in response to discoveries through our world-leading research; funding changes; professional accreditation requirements; student or employer feedback; outcomes of reviews; and variations in staff or student numbers. In the event of any change we'll consult and inform students in good time and take reasonable steps to minimise disruption. We are no longer offering unrestricted module choice. If your course included unrestricted modules, your department will provide a list of modules from their own and other subject areas that you can choose from.
Module 1 (MDE61001) - Effective Learning & Teaching
This module is designed to engage participants in the ways that learning happens and is currently understood. It links these understandings to the way knowledge is created and verified through processes of evaluation and assessment. It also requires participants to adopt a scholarly/theoretically informed approach to planning and delivering teaching and learning activities rather than being driven by situational factors. It will draw on particular models such as constructive alignment and learning taxonomies to ensure that there are sound principles to accompany selected theoretical frameworks
Module 2 (MDE61003) - Work Based Learning & Teaching
This module focuses on teaching and learning activities in the clinical workplace and takes account of the challenges and opportunities inherent in such workspaces - particularly patient safety. The module will explore how clinical workplaces can be developed as sites for learning as well as the delivery of health services including the involvement of real patients receiving real services. The module will draw upon relevant theory and concepts such as ‘integration and participation’, ‘progressive independence’ and ‘developing effective practice’ as well as how situational factors shape the learning experience. The module will also highlight how becoming a health professional is a process of identity formation as well as knowledge and skill acquisition
Module 3 (MDE61002) - Curriculum Design & Development
This module is designed to engage participants in the principles and practices of curriculum design in the context of their own practice. Participants will be required to apply learning from earlier modules to consider the design of a short programme which is located within a broader curriculum context. A particular emphasis will be placed on designing processes of evaluation and assessment that will improve learner progress and development.
