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Health and Medical Education in the Workplace
Key information
Course Leader: Dr Yasmin Khatib y.khatib@herts.ac.uk
Level: 7
Credits: 30
Mode of delivery: Mode of delivery: Face-to-face. Scheduled hours 30 / Independent hours 270.
Available places: 40
Dates
- 13/10/2026
Fees and Funding
£1890.00
The price quoted above is for a 30 credit module in the 2026/27 academic year and applies to students who are assessed as Home fee payers ONLY. Fees will differ for students assessed as Overseas fee payers. Fee assessment decisions follow UKCISA (UK Council for International Student Affairs) guidance, which is based on UK law and government regulations. Further information on who will pay Home or Overseas tuition fees can be found here: https://ask.herts.ac.uk/will-i-pay-home-or-international-tuition-fees
Once confirmed, a student’s fee status will normally remain the same for the duration of their course. However, information regarding fee reassessment is available here: https://ask.herts.ac.uk/will-i-pay-home-or-international-tuition-fees#FeeReassessment
Eligible students may be able to apply for a Postgraduate Student Loan. Please note that to access this funding, you must enrol on the full MSc programme; funding is not available for individual modules or interim awards (for example, a Postgraduate Diploma). Further information is available at: https://www.gov.uk/masters-loan
Further details, including tuition fee amounts, fee policy and payment deadlines, can be found here : https://www.herts.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/fee-information/fees-and-finance-policy-documents
If you require further information or have any questions regarding fees, please contact: cpdhealth@herts.ac.uk
Entry Requirements
Course Overview
Course Description:
Students will develop their understanding of learning through examination of some of the major theories of learning and related concepts. They will then apply this analysis to their own teaching and learning and draw upon this understanding to analyse a learning event in the student's workplace. This module will allow the student to develop their critical analysis of the practical planning, delivery and evaluation of learning.
Typically, the content of this module may include; theories of adult learning, planning lessons, evaluating learning and teaching, teaching and presentation tools, debriefing and using differentiation. However, the rapidly emerging evidence underpinning adult education, may mean the alteration of module content to reflect current trends.
The programme(s) this module can be linked to/contribute towards:
PG Cert Health and Medical Education
MSc Health and Medical Education
Assessment Details:
The assessment for this module is 100% coursework. The student will plan, deliver and evaluate a learning session in their workplace, which will be subject to peer review. The student will record this learning session and critically reflect on the peer review conducted alongside their own experiences of delivering the teaching session using relevant, contemporary models and theories of education. The critical evaluation to the learning event should also be applied to the students wider learning and teaching practice.
Word limit equivalent to 5000 words written assessment (excluding appendices and references).
Learning Outcomes:
Knowledge and Understanding
Successful students will typically:
- Critically analyse contemporary theories of learning and teaching, and consider their relevance to their work setting.
- Critically analyse the models and methods of planning lessons and developing curricula.
- Consider and evaluate the effect if individual and contextual factors upon learning and teaching in their work setting.
- Critically examine possibilities for differentiation in learning and teaching.
- Critically evaluate evidence regarding common methods of assessing learning and teaching.
Intellectual, Practical and Transferable Skills
Successful students will typically:
- Demonstrate teaching, within the boundaries of a lesson plan (including the writing of aims and objectives) appropriate to the level required in their work setting.
- Critically analyse a teaching session that has taken place in a work setting.
- Gain critical awareness of appropriate strategies to support the learning of others.
Assessment
Module Assessment
The assessment for this module is 100% coursework. This will involve you planning a learning session, carrying out this session in your usual workplace (and completing a peer observation assessment) and then critically analysing the teaching session, using appropriate literature, in a written submission.