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Graduate Diploma in Clinical Education (GD-CLINED) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

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Intended learning outcomes

This course is the second in a pathway of award courses including the Graduate Certificate 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:

  • Critically review learner-centred, evidence-based teaching, learning, supervision, evaluation and assessment strategies for use in a variety of clinical and academic learning contexts.
  • Critique and implement theories and conceptual frameworks relevant to clinical education in a variety of clinical and academic learning contexts.
  • Propose educational research methods to explore clinical education practice.
  • Apply educational research and scholarship to critically evaluate the application of new knowledge and approaches to the practice of clinical education.
  • Report on how educational activities enhance interprofessional experiences in the health professions education.
  • Exhibit collaboration with clinical educators and researchers from other health disciplines and professions to achieve best outcomes for learners.
  • Share evidence-based, learner-centred improvements in clinical education through communication with a range of audiences using various modalities.
  • Critically analyse how communication can influence the learner-clinical teacher/supervisor relationship and describe how to apply relevant tools and resources to enhance this relationship.
  • Contextualise clinical teaching and supervision within a range of healthcare systems or academic settings.
  • Report on how educational activities that are sensitive and respectful to the needs of diverse populations are informed by evidence and scholarship.
  • Integrate ethical issues pertinent to the scholarship of teaching and learning in clinical education.
  • Appraise contemporary educational leadership theories and practices.
  • Engage with continuing professional development opportunities related to clinical education and supervision responsibilities and circumstances.
  • Incorporate reflective practice into 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;   
  • demonstrate the ability to work, either individually or as part of a team
  • develop and implement approaches to dealing with current and emergent challenges;
  • critically analyse research;
  • design comprehensive evaluation strategies.

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: 6 November 2025