Medical Education MSc

**The information provided on this page was correct at the time of publication (November 2024). For complete and up-to-date information about this course, please visit the relevant University of Oxford course page via www.graduate.ox.ac.uk/ucas.** <br/><br/>This is a professional development course aimed at medical and healthcare education professionals. It focuses on the history, contemporary issues and development of the field, as well as research methods, and design and evaluation of research in medical and health professional education. <br/><br/>This part-time course is aimed at medical professionals and allied health professionals who are involved, or intend to be involved, in educating future health professionals. These professionals may include not only postgraduate physicians but also a range of graduate allied health science practitioners involved in the care of patients and in the education of future healthcare workforce.<br/><br/>The course is offered jointly by the Department of Education in the Social Sciences Division and the Medical School in the Medical Sciences Division, with formal responsibility for the programme resting with the Department of Education. Interdisciplinarity is endemic in education and medicine, and team-teaching capitalises upon the distinctive knowledge and skills of academics within the two departments.<br/><br/>In the first year of the course, you will be required to attend six in-person teaching weekends at the Department of Education in Oxford. These will consist of interactive lectures and workshops.<br/><br/>Additional teaching and online support will be provided through the University’s Virtual Learning Environment (Canvas). Teaching will cover the following topics:<br/><br/><br/>- Patients, learners and teachers<br/><br/><br/>- Curriculum and pedagogy<br/><br/><br/>- Assessment issues and practices<br/><br/><br/>- Educational theory and philosophy<br/><br/><br/>- Work-based learning and skill development<br/><br/><br/>- Educational research methods<br/><br/><br/>- Equity, diversity and belonging<br/><br/><br/>In the second year, you will undertake a research and development project under the supervision of a member of academic staff culminating in a dissertation. A supervisor will be provided from either the Department of Education or Medical School.<br/><br/>Research in the department is organised around three major themes:<br/><br/><br/>- Language, Cognition and Development<br/><br/><br/>- Policy, Economy and Society<br/><br/><br/>- Learning: Pedagogy, Learning and Knowledge.<br/><br/><br/>Within each of these themes there are several research groups and centres. All staff and doctoral students belong to one or more of these research groups, each of which has its own seminar programme to which graduate students often contribute. In addition, the department as a whole sponsors regular seminars and public lectures which attract distinguished national and international speakers.