Simulation in Clinical Education: Design, Development and Delivery

Course summary

Simulation is becoming increasingly prevalent as a tool for teaching and learning in healthcare because it provides a safe environment in which students can develop clinical skills and non-technical skills via guided debriefing. Our Clinical Simulation programme is suitable for all clinical healthcare professionals: doctors, dentists and all allied health professionals with a clinical facing role where they are supervising students who learn through simulation.

This course will satisfy all the requirements for undergraduate and postgraduate educators teaching on medical school or postgraduate programmes, or allied curricular where simulation is an integral part of the content.

The course is delivered online, via an established distance learning platform. This is a multidisciplinary course, suitable for all healthcare professionals with an interest or involvement in delivering training and education, the main aims of this programme are to provide students with:

• an understanding of the principles of adult learning and how they can be applied to multidisciplinary healthcare simulation training
• an understanding of the evolution, variety and importance of human factors in healthcare practice
• the knowledge and skills required to design, develop and facilitate simulation training
• the debriefing skills required to aide learners subsequent reflection and development

Key Dates

• The next distance learning course starts 7 October, 2024 with an application deadline of 29 September, 2024.
• Applicants who have passed the GIC / Education for Clinical Instructors in Life Support Teaching start in February
• In exceptional circumstances it is possible to start the course in February 2024. Please contact the Programme Director if you wish to explore this option: c.gibson@keele.ac.uk

We need to make sure that your level of English is good enough for you to study at Keele University. On this page you will find a list of the English Language qualifications we accept. For UK students, we normally ask for a minimum of a grade 4/C in GCSE English Language. For EU and International students, we accept qualifications from several countries, as well as a range of international qualifications and tests.

Students who need a Visa to study in the UK must meet both the University entry requirements as well as those of the UK Home Office (UKVI). For example English Language Tests (eg IELTS) must be dated within the two years immediately preceding the programme start date as set out in any offer letter issued by the University and different tests cannot be combined. 

Your career

Healthcare professionals wishing to be in a position to provide supervision and instruction in either a hospital or GP practice setting will need to complete a relevant postgraduate qualification, in addition to their undergraduate degree, and this will increasingly be undertaken in their ‘training years’. Simulation is an expanding field where students may gain experience in a non-threatening environment without involving patients. Following the COVID-19 pandemic it is likely that more teaching will be undertaken in a simulated environment which can be more easily controlled.

Medicine and nursing are competitive fields and continue to be competitive when progressing to specialist training. It is becoming increasingly important to stand out amongst peers, who will all be high achievers. Having a postgraduate qualification answers that need. Clinical Education is one of the most useful courses for postgraduate study; having a teaching element to your portfolio adds weight to a clinician pursuing a career in which some teaching will be expected.