Why study Clinical Education

• 100% online so you can study anywhere, anytime
• Two intakes per year and part time course structure to provide flexibility for those working clinically 
• Authentic learning activities and assessments drawing on real-world educational scenarios encountered by course participants
• Rich interdisciplinary learning environment involving course participants from varied health and social care professions and disciplines, teaching settings, career stages and locations
• Course content and teaching expertise drawn from Flinders’ Prideaux Discipline in Clinical Education

What will you study

The Clinical Education postgraduate courses at Flinders support health and social care practitioners to advance their expertise in education.

• The Graduate Certificate (4 topics) has an applied focus on improving delivery of health and clinical education in a range of settings
• The Graduate Diploma (8 topics) has a focus on building knowledge and skills to evaluate and improve health and clinical education
• The Master of Clinical Education (coursework) (12 topics) builds on the first two awards, and supports health professionals to lead health and clinical education in a range of environments and systems
• The Master of Clinical Education (research) is a higher degree by research program aimed exclusively at health practitioners who want to contribute to this specialist body of knowledge by undertaking a significant piece of educational research. 

The Clinical Education courses and teaching staff are located within the Prideaux Discipline of Clinical Education in the College of Medicine and Public Health at Flinders University.

The Prideaux Discipline of Clinical Education is led by world expert in programmatic assessment Professor Lambert Schuwirth, and the Clinical Education courses are co-ordinated by Dr Koshila Kumar who is an established health professions education scholar and current Vice President of the Australia and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators.

Other teaching staff are well established in the health professions education field, and contribute to a range of scholarly activities which inform contemporary debates and discussions related to clinical education.