Graduate Certificate in Clinical Teaching

Please note: From 2021, this course will be renamed Graduate Certificate in Clinical Education. Please use this course name when submitting your application.

The Graduate Certificate in Clinical Teaching is a one-year course for health professionals seeking to develop their skills as educators.

The first step in the University's Excellence in Clinical Teaching (EXCITE) program, this postgraduate course develops your research and leadership skills and create clinical education leaders. You will learn face-to-face alongside clinicians from a variety of professional backgrounds, share expertise, build networks and grow your career opportunities.

The Graduate Certificate in Clinical Teaching provides an opportunity for you to develop recognised expertise and gain valuable insight and practical experience in clinical education theory, practice and research.

In this course you will develop an academic engagement with the theory and practice of clinical education. Courses in the EXCITE program are highly practical and focused on making the role of the clinical educator more effective and efficient.

In this course you will:

• Develop a deeper understanding of the principles of education in the clinical context
• Refine your teaching skills and learn strategies for more complex teaching scenarios.
• Enhance your ability to develop and implement valuable curriculum content.

As an EXCITE graduate, you will be a leader in developing and evaluating educational quality in your organisation.

With a further year of part-time study, you can progress from the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Teaching to a Graduate Diploma in Clinical Education, and with a further two years, you can acquire a Master of Clinical Education, which includes a research project tailored to your field of work.

The Masters is also a recognised platform of research training from which you could pursue ongoing research at a PhD level with the Department of Medical Education.