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Graduate Certificate in Clinical Education (GC-CLINED) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

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Intended learning outcomes

This course is the first in a pathway of award courses including the Graduate Diploma in Clinical Education and Master of Clinical Education. This course is aimed at clinical educators in all health-related disciplines and academic and/or clinical settings.  

On completion of this course, graduates will be able to:

  • Appraise learner-centred, evidence-based strategies associated with the delivery of clinical teaching, learning, supervision, evaluation and assessment.
  • Analyse theories and conceptual frameworks relevant to clinical education, and their significant influence on the delivery of individual and local educational practices.
  • Identify educational research methods and describe how they may apply to research in the clinical education context.
  • Articulate the role of educational research and scholarship to critically evaluate the application of new knowledge and approaches to the practice of clinical education.
  • Explore the enablers and challenges involved in developing learners from different health disciplines and professions.
  • Discuss the importance of collaborating with clinical educators and researchers from other health disciplines and professions to achieve the best outcome for learners.
  • Articulate the principles that support the creation of learner-centred approaches to clinical teaching and supervision using various modalities.
  • Analyse how the individual characteristics of learners and the learning environment influences the learner-clinical teacher/supervisor relationship.
  • Deconstruct how the clinical environment and the structure of local healthcare systems and academic settings influence the delivery of clinical education.
  • Evaluate the importance of sensitive and respectful educational approaches when involving people from different cultures.
  • Appraise the ethical issues associated with clinical education and supervision activities that include the patient and others.
  • Reflect on one's own role in educational leadership.
  • Describe the value of continuing professional development as a clinical educator and supervisor.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of reflective approaches to inform clinical education and supervision responsibilities.

Generic skills

On successful completion of this course, participants should be able to:

  • apply cognitive, analytic and problem-solving skills;
  • integrate best practice principles;
  • demonstrate the ability to work either individually or as part of a team.

Graduate attributes

The Melbourne Experience enables our graduates to become: 

Academically Excellent: 

  • engage in research and scholarship of teaching, learning, evaluation and assessment as part of a commitment to lifelong learning and excellence in clinical education 

Knowledgeable Across Disciplines: 

  • form relationships with relevant interprofessional clinical stakeholders to facilitate the development and implementation of education experiences 

Leaders in Communities: 

  • advocate for the role of education in the healthcare system, ensuring an ethical approach to patient, learner and health professional involvement in clinical education 
  • committed to ethical clinical and evidence-based education practice through academic integrity, accountability to self and others and continuous professional development 
  • engage with others to contribute to a vision of a high-quality, patient-centered health care system and take responsibility for the delivery of excellent learning and training experiences 

Attuned to Cultural Diversity: 

  • tailor communication to the individual, group, learning environment and workplace context through evidence-based approaches to teaching, supervision and feedback. 

Last updated: 4 March 2025