Nurses, midwives and health visitors can record the teaching qualification on the Professional Register. The course includes core and optional units of study that can be combined into an individualised programme. Supervised teaching practice is an important element that is located in the course member's workplace.
All assignments are credit rated and focus on work based issues.
Employment in a teaching, training or lecturing role is an entry requirement. Many graduates have achieved their aim of combining clinical and educational roles in hospital, community and higher education settings. All the assignments focus on real world issues from both clinical and educational perspectives. The course has been conjointly validated by the University and the English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting and confers an approved teaching qualification for those professional groups. All assessment is by coursework.