Evidencing Practice from Clinician to Educator – HEA4524

Overview

This online module supports your development as a confident and capable clinical educator, combining flexible, asynchronous learning with structured support. Delivered on our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), you will access a range of tailored resources to guide your learning and prepare for a digital portfolio assessment. Through critical reflection on your own practice, you will explore the relationship between theory and real-world clinical education, using professional standards and evidence-based approaches. The module also supports the development of a sustainable CPD plan, enabling you to enhance your teaching, contribute to learner development, and promote safe, high-quality, person-centred care.

This module runs across the duration of two semesters.

Module code:	HEA4524
Level:	7
Module credits:	20
Cost for new students:	£1060 for 2026/27

If you are an existing student who is undertaking this module as part of
a programme, your fee will have been advised to you by email. You can also check your fees online. For any queries, please contact [email protected]

If your tuition fee is being paid by a sponsor or you are a sponsor paying a student’s fee, you are required to send a copy of a purchase order to [email protected].

For further guidance please visit: Sponsored students – Edge Hill University

Who is this module for?

Prospective participants are expected to be experienced health professionals within their field, with some involvement in clinical education. This may include, for example, supervising students on practice placements, assessing students, trainees, or junior staff in clinical skills, or delivering formal teaching sessions to learners or colleagues.

This module is only available to students who are undertaking HEA4523 and HEA4525 as part of the PGCert Health Professions Education. This module is not available as a stand-alone option. In addition, participants should be working towards a broad understanding of major theories of learning and teaching; an understanding of principles underpinning the process of planning and designing teaching and assessing in the clinical context; and should be able to critically reflect on teaching and learning facilitation issues in their professional practice.

What are the key aims of the module?

This module adopts an online self-directed and critically reflective approach, consistent with Level 7 study and the professional context of experienced health profession educators. Learning is predominantly independent and portfolio-driven, enabling participants to exercise autonomy, scholarly judgement, and critical self-evaluation.

A brief introductory session provides orientation to the concept of the portfolio and the professional requirements. pre-recorded sessions will direct students in their learning and development across the tasks in the module. These structured inputs scaffold subsequent independent engagement.

How will I study?

The majority of learning occurs through guided self-directed study, in which participants critically analyse their educational practice, map evidence against relevant professional standards, and synthesise pedagogy, research, and policy frameworks. Structured prompts and guidance materials support sustained critical reflection and standards-informed analysis.

Assessment is integrative and portfolio-based, requiring the construction of 5 critically reflective submissions evidencing professional practice, scholarly development, and alignment with professional standards. The portfolio culminates in a strategic, future-focused CPD plan and workplace mentor observations of your teaching practice Formative peer to peer feedback and workplace mentor feedback is provided at key points to support academic rigour and progression toward independent, critically informed professional practice.

To support writing and the development of assessed work, Online tutor led drop-in clinics will be available across the duration of this module.

What will I study?

Broad content will include:

This module will include self-directed study designed to develop reflexive and reflective practice. Participants will consider the influence and the role of the clinical educator, application of digital technology in teaching and learning, feedback, assessment and coaching. You will develop a future focused CPD plan and engage with workbased mentor observations of your teaching practice.

How will I be assessed?

The portfolio requires participants to evidence their educational practice against relevant professional standards, demonstrating scholarly synthesis of pedagogy, evidence-based practice, and professional frameworks.
The portfolio is built by the student and will contain a range of pieces to evidence their development as an educator.

On successful completion you will:
Achieve 20 credits at Level 7.

Study dates and venues

How to apply

Module availability varies from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Due to the popularity of some modules, it may be that the module is fully booked when your application is received. We will include your details on a waiting list and allocate you a place on the next available intake.

We encourage you to apply as early as possible to give you the best chance to obtain a place on your preferred cohort, module applications will close as soon as the module is full. Applications received within two weeks of the start date may have to be considered for a later cohort.

For details of how to apply, please visit the apply page.

Contact us

For further module information, please contact the Module Co-ordinator, Rachael Barton via email [email protected].
Or you can contact the Medical School on [email protected].

Pathways

This module is a core module on the PGC Health Professions Education, and it cannot be studied on a standalone basis.