Clinical Education PGCert, PGDip and MSc

The College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (CHMLS) has a long and successful track record in the education and training of allied health professionals, which is now expanding to include undergraduate medicine and nursing awards.

This new programme is available to internal and external applicants including our clinical partners and collaborators who accept students on clinical placements.

PgCert in Clinical Education will register its first cohort in September 2023 for the academic year 2023-24, the course will run part-time for 12 months.

MSc and PgDip will have their first intake in September 2024.

The programme content may be offered as:

• A staged / stepwise approach to academic credit acquisition and awards,
• Stand-alone modules for CPD and credit accumulation for a FHEQ level 7 awards, i.e. faculty development for the delivery of our medicine, nursing and allied health and social care programmes, i.e. associate student registration.

The College has established good relationships between health professional programmes and NHS partners and this is degree represents;

• A good foundation for research capability to furnish the research elements for dissertation
• An opportunity for collaborative projects with our partners for NHS improvement.
• An emphasise the multi-professional and diverse nature of the programme, i.e. open to all the medical and health professions, reflecting today’s NHS
• An articulation of the Health Education England pathway and framework options for learning, i.e. education, communication, simulation, digital clinical education, business and leadership in clinical contexts, research.

This programme is specifically for;

• Recent graduates interested in further training,
• Experienced clinical practitioners (without a Masters’ degree) requiring and / or have an interest in, knowledge and skills development, in order to contribute to higher education and for career progression. Accordingly, we aspire to support our medicine and health professional programmes, i.e. Brunel colleagues, clinical educators that train our students in practice.
• International students who are attracted to Brunel University London from the CHMLS expanding global network,
• Our existing Brunel colleagues, g. the Medical Education Fellows who are contributing to the MBBS learning and teaching.

2.6/4, 3.2/5 or 65%

• IELTS: 7 (min 6.5 in all areas)
• Pearson: 64 (59 in all subscores)
• BrunELT: 68% (63% in all areas)
• TOEFL: 98 (min 23 in all areas)

You can find out more about the qualifications we accept on our English Language Requirements page.

Should you wish to take a pre-sessional English course to improve your English prior to starting your degree course, you must sit the test at an approved SELT provider for the same reason. We offer our own BrunELT English test and have pre-sessional English language courses for students who do not meet requirements or who wish to improve their English. You can find out more information on English courses and test options through our Brunel Language Centre.

Please check our Admissions pages for more information on other factors we use to assess applicants. This information is for guidance only and each application is assessed on a case-by-case basis. Entry requirements are subject to review, and may change.

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