Postgraduate - UnitMEU9013 - Independent project in health professional education

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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12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Offered	Notting Hill Second semester (extended) 2015 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Deb Colville

Synopsis

MEU9013 will provide participants with the opportunity to integrate their knowledge of educational theory, assessment and evaluation while developing, with constructive feedback, educational initiatives appropriate to their own educational roles e.g. new ways of bedside teaching, lecture delivery, initiating small group work, redeveloping an examination or assessment package.

Outcomes

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

complete a reflective analysis of their educational practice in a specific context;
review their own practice in light of the educational literature in the field;
identify and describe an educational initiative related to their own practice, through critical analysis of course documentation, course evaluation, or through student feedback or assessment data;
design and evaluate a new, or modify an existing course or educational programme based on current educational theory;
create a report based on the initiative to address all elements of the curriculum innovation and its evaluation in relation to the literature.