Teaching and education

HPEC supports the professional development of health professions educators through a wide range of initiatives, including one-to-one consultancies, training, peer observation of teaching and formal teaching qualifications.

Our aim is to equip health professions educators with evidence-based teaching and learning strategies to help them to utilise contemporary learning theories within practical teaching contexts. We also aim to connect health professions educators with each other; nurturing a vibrant community of like-minded professionals. Specific areas of teaching and learning expertise within the HPEC team include: assessment, technology-enhanced learning, curriculum development, and cultural competence.

Professional Diploma in Health Professions Education

As well as providing in-house education workshops, HPEC now offers healthcare professionals learning innovation through our Postgraduate Diploma in Health Professions Education. Join our growing community of health professions educators through a formal teaching qualification.

Postgraduate Diploma in Health Professions Education (Nurse/Midwife Tutor)

Enhance your career as you gain confidence and equip yourself with evidence-based teaching and learning strategies. The programme tailors our Health Professions Education course to the needs and responsibilities of nursing educators and practitioners in a wide array of healthcare systems and contexts.

MSc in Health Professions Education (Year 2)

This one-year, part-time online programme builds on our Postgraduate Diploma in Health Professions Education – equipping health professionals with critical knowledge for applying meaningful scholarship and leadership across health professions education.

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Developing health and social care staff

Teamcare is an EU-funded project aimed at training community-based health and social care staff to work collaboratively for the benefit of service users.

Teamcare will train whole teams to understand each other’s roles, communicate effectively, learn about the different services available and to collaborate to ensure shared decision-making with service users and carers.

The project will be piloted in Greece, Ireland, Italy and Poland. RCSI is hosting the Irish pilot which is scheduled to start end of September 2025 and will be delivered mainly online over-eight months with in-person team support sessions, and work-based learning. Teamcare will involve 30 ECTS and provide micro-credentials.

For further information contact geraldineregan@rcsi.com.

Digital education

HPEC supports digital education at RCSI through:

  • Expert guidance on technology-enhanced learning, online education and artificial intelligence (AI) integration.
  • Personalised consultations on effective digital teaching strategies.
  • Support for designing engaging virtual learning experiences.
  • Evidence-based guidelines for online course development.
  • Faculty development workshops and training in digital education and AI integration.
  • Active communities of practice focused on digital education and AI.

Contact 

For more information about HPEC's teachings, please email hpec@rcsi.ie.