Results & Qualification

Course Structure

The Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education is a 60 Credit programme made up of three 20 credit modules detailed in the diagram to the left.

Exiting the programme before completing all modules

If you are unable to complete the full 60 credits for award of the Postgraduate Certificate, you can take any achieved credits to another institution to continue the programme at a later date. You are can still request a transcript for any credits obtained, once they have been confirmed at an Exam Board. Transcripts can be requested via the Student Information Desk. You would then need to approach another programme to see if they will accept these credits on their course, which would hopefully allow you to not have to take similar modules on the new programme.

Exam Board procedure

The exam board sits in October each year. At this meeting, grades are confirmed (all grades are provisional up to this point) and passes and deferments decided upon. Participants who have submitted and passed all assignments are eligible, subject to exam board confirmation, for the award of the Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education.

After submission of all work, the following process will be followed:

Sep - All submitted and marked work to be prepared and sent to the External Examiner

Oct - Exam Board convened

Oct - Letters to students confirming that they are to be recommended for award

Nov - Award recommendations sent to Faculty and Senate

Dec - REQUEST YOUR CERTIFICATE via this form. Please note, you will only be able to do this once your grades have been confirmed and your official transcript has been released. This is usually in late November/early December

External Examiner

Dr Paul Crampton

University of York

Director of the Health Professions Education Unit

Programme Director for the PG Cert, PG Dip, and MSc Health Professions Education

Lecturer in Medical Education

Medical Education

University of York

YO10 5DD

The external examiner receives a sample of the graded work each summer and ensures through examination of that sample that the work is of an appropriate standard, that grading decisions have been fair and consistent across the sample and that the feedback given to students has supported the learning process. We may additionally seek the advice of the external examiner during the presentation of the programme, where it is appropriate. The external examiner can make recommendations about the grading of individual work and require the programme team to make changes to the programme if the standards achieved on the programme are not deemed to be appropriate.

External Examiner Reports

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