MFM2007

Learning and teaching ( 12 points, SCA Band 3, 0.250 EFTSL)

Leader: Professor L Piterman

Offered:
Clayton First semester 2006 (OCL)

Synopsis: This unit is a compulsory core unit for the MFM(Clin) course. It discusses the general practitioner as a learner and a teacher, what is learning, what is teaching, instructional design, educational technology, small group process, large group process, assessment and evaluation.

Objectives: On completion of this unit participants should be able to: 1. Enhance the knowledge and skills of students in the areas of learning and teaching family medicine; 2. Enable students to apply these skills in a range of educational settings, including the consultation, groups of lay people, medical undergraduates and postgraduates, peers and allied health professionals; 3. Recognise the nature of assessment and program evaluation; 4. Carry out assessment and simple evaluation tasks (Masters students) which indicate that an appreciation of these areas has been achieved; 5. Demonstrate and record two teaching sessions which reflect an acquisition of the microskills of teaching (all students).

Assessment: Journals (40%), Classroom presentations (60%)