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HPE5012 - Simulation in health professional education and assessment

12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Organisational Unit

Health Professions Education and Education Research (HealthPEER)

Coordinator(s)

Associate Professor Margaret Bearman

Offered

Notting Hill

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

Synopsis

Simulation is now a widely used teaching and learning strategy in health professional education. This unit will provide you with the opportunity to explore the use of simulation as a means of learning professional and clinical skills. You will have the opportunity to examine the theoretical basis, design, planning and implementation features, and evaluation processes related to the implementation of simulation. A full range of simulated methods will be examined including case based learning, professional and clinical skills acquisition using simulated patients, authentic e-learning environments and low, medium to high fidelity clinical simulators. You will explore the characteristics of effective simulation-based educational environments, with a focus on designing simulation programs within your own context.

Outcomes

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

Discuss the historical and theoretical basis that underpins the use of simulation.
Compare and contrast the different types of simulations used in health professional education.
Critically evaluate the educational efficacy of the use of simulation.
Describe and analyse simulation debriefing methods.
Design a simulated learning experience or program in a specific health professional context based on best evidence practice and with links to curricula and outcomes.
Construct an evaluation plan of the simulated learning experience or programme.