Monash University Handbook 2011 Postgraduate - Unit

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered.

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%)

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Leon Piterman