Course Overview

Delivered by Great Ormond Street Hospital Learning Academy (GLA), this 15-credit module aims to reinforce the professional values of newly registered practitioners to enable them to become confident and competent practitioners in practice. It will also provide tools to allow the learners to become reflective practitioners where they can manage potential future challenges, to allow for a smoother transition from a newly qualified practitioner to professional practitioner. They will follow the Preceptorship Framework at GOSH whilst receiving support and teaching around key academic skills for post graduate study.

This module can be taken as standalone Continuing Professional Development (CPD), or as part of a Master’s of Science (MSc), Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip), Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) or Graduate Certificate (GradCert) in Paediatrics & Child Healthcare Practice. See our MSc Paediatrics & Child Healthcare Practice page for more information about these programmes. If you wish to discuss how this module could fit into one of our programmes, please contact [email protected].

Teaching

Active learning will allow students to learn via collaboration, cooperation, and peer-based learning. Activities may include interactive lectures, clinical skills demonstration and supervised practice, small group activities, case-based discussions, workshops, practice simulations and tutorials.

Synchronous and asynchronous learning and teaching activities are delivered via a combination of study days and digital strategies at local sites or online using the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).

Assessment

Formative assessment will undertaken through peer reflections.

For the summative assessment, learners will be expected to demonstrate achievement of the intended learning outcomes via an oral presentation.

Teaching dates

This module may involve a mixture of online and face-to-face days. Face-to-face teaching will be held on or near the Great Ormond Street Hospital site.

February intake

Dates: 13/02/2025, 14/02/2025, 06/03/2025, 07/03/2025, 20/03/2025, 27/03/2025

Assessment date: 05/06/2025

April intake

Dates: 18/04/2025, 07/05/2025, 23/05/2025, 13/06/2025, 27/06/2025, 31/07/2025

Assessment date: 12/08/2025

To undertake this module, you must hold a current healthcare-specific professional registration.

How to apply

Applications will close two weeks before the module start date. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that they have arranged the necessary study leave to attend the module.

Candidates whose fees are being paid by their organisation will need to obtain a letter of sponsorship from their organisation and upload this as part of the application. You will not be able to save your application form once you begin, so please have the letter of sponsorship ready. You may wish to use this template: GOSH SPONSOR LETTER PDF.

If you have any questions about the module, please contact [email protected].

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Fees and funding

The fees below refer to the 2024/25 academic year unless otherwise stated.

Part-time learners: £64 per credit*

*Course fees are subject to annual inflation so the total costs for part time study are shown here as a guide.

For further information about the programme content, or to set up a programme planning meeting to discuss which pathway will be best for you, please contact the Academic Programmes Team at the GOSH Learning Academy: [email protected].

Preceptorship in Practice