PgC Practice Education for Health Professionals

This postgraduate certificate is designed for a range of healthcare professionals, aligned to HCPC and NMC requirements and suitable for enhanced level practice frameworks. Students undertaking this course will typically be involved in supporting learners within the clinical environment, including undergraduate students and post registration professionals.

Supporting learners in the clinical practice environment is a requirement of all healthcare professionals and understanding the needs of all learners in this setting is vital in providing ongoing professional development. This postgraduate certificate in practice education for healthcare professionals is designed to provide you with the underpinning knowledge of teaching and learning theories that can be applied in the clinical learning environment and used to develop assessments. Building on these theoretical approaches you will consider how to support all learners alongside developing leadership skills to enable you to enhance or

BSc (Hons) in a relevant subject with a minimum classification of 2:2.

Current professional registration as an Allied Health Professional e.g. NMC, HCPC.

References from employer and confirmation of status in a current practice education role,

Or working towards a practice education role, the the opportunity to engage in learning, teaching and assessment of students.

IELTS 6.0 overall (no component below 5.5) — standard University of Suffolk requirement

November 2026

No fixed deadline — apply as early as possible via the University's direct application portal.

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