Course summary
If you are a healthcare professional teaching in an academic or clinical setting and looking to consolidate your skills, our MA course is for you. The Education for the Health Professions course has been designed specifically to equip you with an in-depth understanding of educational principles and values and to develop your expertise in teaching, assessing and supervision. Throughout your studies, you will refine your critical research and analytical skills and develop professional reflective practice techniques. Visit our website for more information on fees, scholarships, postgraduate loans and other funding options to study at Swansea University.
Modules
Modules may include: assessment and feedback; designing and evaluating your teaching; teaching and learning for practice teachers; teaching and learning for the health professions' educators.
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Higher Education Academy
Entry requirements
Applicants must have an appropriate degree or its equivalent from an approved institution (preferably 2:2 or above) and evidence of recent academic study, and a professional qualification and a minimum of two year’s relevant work experience and responsibilities. Registered nurses and midwives seeking to achieve either Practice Teacher (Stage 3 of the NMC (2008) Standards for Supporting Learning and Assessment in Practice (SLAiP)) or Teacher status (Stage 4 of the NMC (2008) SLAiP) must be able to demonstrate that they have developed their own knowledge, skills and competence beyond registration i.e. registered and worked for at least two years, and gained additional qualifications that will support students (NMC 2008).
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
England | £3000 | Year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £3000 | Year 1 |
Scotland | £3000 | Year 1 |
Wales | £3000 | Year 1 |
EU | £7000 | Year 1 |
International | £7000 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Provider information
Swansea University
Singleton Park
Swansea
SA2 8PP