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MSc Medical and Healthcare Education at Anglia Ruskin University

Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom

Programme overview

Combine your passions for health and education and start your leadership journey. Study online by distance learning. You can study this course over two years and gain an MSc.

Duration: 2 years part-time  |  Study mode: part-time  |  Intake: September 2027, January 2027  |  Location: Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Discover ways to motivate learners, design effective learning resources, and plan and deliver lessons. You’ll also reflect on your own practice and work to become the best educator you can be. Year 1: Principles of Medical and Healthcare Education, Philosophies of Medical and Healthcare Education. Year 2: Postgraduate Research Design, Postgraduate Research Project; options include Principles of Simulation in Medical and Healthcare Education, Specialist Techniques in Medical and Healthcare Education, Global Leadership.

Career pathways

ARU allowed me to achieve my personal and professional ambitions. I felt supported, empowered, and accomplished.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Main You’ll need a minimum of a 2:2 honours degree, or primary medical qualification. If you are a non-graduate but have extensive relevant practical and continuing professional development experience you are also encouraged to apply. Students must be registered practitioners with at least two years of post-registration experience in the field of health or social care. It is anticipated therefore that students undertaking the course will currently be employed in professional practice and will be engaged in facilitating teaching and learning as part of their professional role. Non-graduates with extensive relevant practical and continuing professional development experience will be offered the opportunity to complete the Non-Graduate Entry Profile in accordance with the University regulations with guidance from the Pathway leader/Programme leader. Students who have completed a relevant PGCert degree in Medical and Healthcare Education or Learning and Teaching at Anglia Ruskin University or another UK institution can apply to enter the course with 60 credits as they can apply to transfer prior certified credits Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL). If English is not your first language you will be expected to demonstrate a certificated level of proficiency of at least IELTS 7 (Academic level) or equivalent such as an OET Score B or equivalent English Language qualification, as recognised by Anglia Ruskin University. As a distance learner, you'll also need a suitable computer with internet connection, together with sufficient IT competence to make effective use of our online learning management system (LMS) with high-speed internet and email.

GBP 9,450 for the whole programme (2027/28). Tuition fee: Distance learning students starting 2027/28 (total cost) Source

Intake: September 2027, January 2027

Duration: 2 years part-time

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