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Community/Specialist Practice
Teacher Award PCGE/PgDip/MA Practice Education

Location
Southwark

Duration
6 months for Community/Specialist Practice

Teacher Award
1 year for PGCE
Up to 5 years to complete MA

Mode of study
Part-time

Start date
September or February

Simple timetable info
Part-time, one day a week

How to apply
Direct to LSBU

LSBU code
3715

Course contacts
Keiron Spires

Course Director
keiron.spires@lsbu.ac.uk – 020 7815 8430

Non-standard entry requirements

Applicants are welcomed from those who may not have completed a first degree but who have sufficient professional experience and a record of continuous professional development that would make them suitable to study at this level.

Course units

Community/Specialist Practice Teacher:

– Mentoring and Enabling Learning

– Supervision, Assessment and Evaluation of Learning PCGE (as above, plus):

– Curriculum Perspectives

– Contract Learning PgDip (as above, plus):

– Research Methodology and Strategy

3 optional units from:

– Simulation in Practice Education

– Supporting E-Learners

– Ethics and Law in Health and Social Care

– Current Debates in Practice Education MA (as above, plus):

– Dissertation


Course description

This programme is designed to offer a flexible Practice Education pathway for those involved in supporting health and social care learners both in practice settings and also in academic settings. It is possible to ‘step off’ or pause after the award of PGCE Practice Education, and also after the award of PgDip in Practice Education.

Career opportunities

The programme incorporates the elements required by Nurses and Midwives who wish to become Community or Specialist Practice Teachers or Nurse/Midwife Teachers (recorded with the Nursing and Midwifery Council). The programme also meets the needs of those Allied Health Professionals who wish to be recognised by their professional bodies.

Typical background of applicant

Typically applicants will be graduates in a health and social care field, a registered health or social care professional, and will be in a post that involves a high proportion of practice education activities.

Additional notes

This programme is linked with the MA Practice Education (Social Work) and most of the units are shared to create an interprofessional learning and teaching experience