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HPE5001 - Teaching and learning in health professional education

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Organisational Unit

Health Professions Education and Education Research (HealthPEER)

Coordinator(s)

Mrs Judy Lockie

Offered

Notting Hill

First semester (extended) 2016 (Off-campus block of classes)

Synopsis

This unit will involve participants in the development of their teaching skills, including the theoretical aspects of teaching and learning in a variety of settings.

Outcomes

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

Plan teaching and learning for a variety of contexts demonstrating participant-centred principles including preparation of learning objectives, teaching resources, aligned objectives, instructional methods and participant outcomes.
Demonstrate competence as a teacher and the ability to reflect constructively on own skill and that of others.
Compare and contrast individual perspectives on teaching and learning with a range of theoretical models.
Analyse a range of contemporary practices in health professional education with particular reference to the implications of learner diversity, flexible delivery and teaching development.
Compare different educational approaches across a variety of health professions and consider strengths and weaknesses in relation to own teaching practice.