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CLM-40186 - Module Specification
School of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

For academic year: 2025/26 Last Updated: 04 December 2025

CLM-40186 - Digital Education for Clinical Teachers
Coordinator: Karl Gimblett Tel: +44 1782 7 33061
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 7
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733928

Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2025/26

Students will explore, and critique extant theory and practice pertaining to digital education and use this knowledge to design and develop their own digital education approach to address a perceived gap in knowledge or practice for a group of learners. This module will be delivered fully online asynchronously to fit in with busy working professionals.

Aims
This module aims to enhance students’ critical understanding of the strategies, techniques and pedagogies used to enrich online learning through the selection and application of digital learning technologies.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Critically evaluate the use of digital technologies in both formal and informal educational settings and relate this to their own needs and clinical practice.: 2
Demonstrate a critical awareness of the evolving role of the clinical teacher and the student as digital learning develops, and recognise access issues in terms of culture, language, inclusion and digital literacy: 2
Critically evaluate and apply theoretical principles to digital learning through engagement with the research literature: 1,2
Design, develop and evaluate a digital learning activity or digital learning resource relevant to their own clinical educational practice: 1

Study hours

Online tutorials and group discussion - 20 hours (asynchronous)
Independent study, research and assignment preparation 70 hours (asynchronous)
Design and development of media project 60 hours (asynchronous)

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Project weighted 50%
Digital learning project
The design, development, and evaluation of a work-based digital learning activity or resource that fills an identified gap in clinical education knowledge or practice. This could be a game, an in-depth clinical video tutorial, or a piece of e-learning.

2: Essay weighted 50%
Critical Discussion
A 2000-word critically reflective discussion of the education theories and models the student has analysed and applied to the design of their project (Assessment 1).

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 04 December 2025