Postgraduate - UnitMEU9002 - Clinical teaching

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Offered	Notting Hill Term 2 2015 (Off-campus block of classes)
Coordinator(s)	Ms Judy Lockie

Synopsis

This unit will provide participants with the opportunity to develop their knowledge and skills in the area of clinical teaching. Participants will explore the theories that have been developed to classify, explain and describe different approaches to clinical teaching and learning. In doing so, participants will be expected to draw upon experience from their own teaching, from the approach of their own professional group and also information from other health professions.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

Describe recent and current trends in clinical teaching within health professional education;
Demonstrate effective planning, preparation and delivery of clinically focused teaching activities including effective communication and feedback to students and colleagues;
Identify roles, responsibilities and attributes of the clinical teacher, exploring the notion of the 'good clinical teacher' and the evidence available of what 'good' might signify;
Apply a model of psychomotor skills development and critically appraise its use in health care teaching and learning environments;
Critically evaluate contemporary teaching methods used to bridge the theory to practice gap in clinical education;
Explore the impact that cultural diversity has on clinical teaching and learning experiences in the health professions;
Identify and describe factors that influence 'fitness to practice' and develop strategies to deal with the underperforming student.