PgCert Clinical Education at Queen's University Belfast

Programme overview

The PgCert Clinical Education is a part-time programme for dental and medical practitioners who want to improve their teaching skills. It is delivered live online by Queen's staff in association with the Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency (NIMDTA). Participants can progress from the PG Certificate to the PG Diploma and then the MSc.

Faculty: Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences | Duration: 1 year part-time | Intake: September and January (two intakes per year); entry year 2027/28 | Study mode: part-time | Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Two core 30-credit modules: Foundations of Clinical Teaching, and Supporting and Assessing Students and Trainees. Assignments relate to each participant's own teaching practice and include practical teaching projects.

Career pathways

Prepares dentists and doctors to provide educational support for undergraduate and postgraduate trainees, mentor and support learners, undertake appraisal and deliver workplace and simulated assessments.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A medical or dental degree. At enrolment applicants must have completed Foundation 2 training or equivalent and be employed in a health care setting or university, holding an educational or training role (university, hospital, general practice, dental practice, postgraduate deanery or college, or another recognised educational institution in Northern Ireland, Great Britain or the Republic of Ireland) focused on teaching delivery, curriculum or programme development, assessment design or delivery, or other healthcare training. English language: satisfactory completion of the GMC PLAB examination or the GDC equivalent (Overseas Registration Exam), or IELTS 7.0 overall with at least 6.5 in each component (taken within the last 2 years).

Domestic applicants: GBP 2,455 for the whole programme (2026/27). NI/ROI/GB residency; international fee not published in the schedule; published 2026/27 rate Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 1 year part-time

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