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HPE5004

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

18 September 2017 22 December 2024

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Monash University

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

Synopsis

This unit will introduce participants to the concepts, terminology and development processes of curriculum and course design. The unit will focus upon the basic principles of curriculum development applied to the varied organisational settings represented by the course participants. Participants will be introduced to change management processes and evaluation skills. The unit is designed to be practical in its focus and will build upon the perspectives introduced in HPE5001, HPE5002 and HPE5003.

Outcomes

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

  1. Identify the educational theoretical perspectives relevant to their own teaching environment.
  2. Apply constructive alignment to curriculum design.
  3. Differentiate between various models of educational evaluation and justify evaluation choices.
  4. Plan evaluation tasks such as development/ adaptation of instruments and conducting of interviews.
  5. Outline effective educational change management processes including the drivers, barriers and catalysts to implementation.
  6. Design a change management plan to facilitate a change in educational practice that will address the perceived need.

Assessment

Curriculum development project (45%)
Evaluation and change management plan (45%)
Teaching portfolio (10%)

Workload requirements

Off-campus students: 10 hours per week.

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Chief examiner(s)

Ms Fiona Kent

Off-campus attendance requirements

Off-campus with compulsory study days.

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Health professional education