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NUR3003

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

18 September 2017 22 December 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 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.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Organisational Unit

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Coordinator(s)

Dr Georgina Willetts (Clayton), Mr Mark Browning (Berwick), Mr Cliff Connell (Peninsula)

Offered

Berwick

  • First semester 2016 (Day)

Clayton

  • First semester 2016 (Day)

Peninsula

  • First semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

Education is a key part of the work of health care professionals through provision of patient, peer and student teaching. Understanding teaching and learning theories and approaches is fundamental to delivering effective teaching. This unit aims to introduce students to teaching and learning for clinical practice. It will explore theory underpinning teaching and learning as well as provide opportunities for skills development in planning and delivering teaching.

Outcomes

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

  1. discuss contexts where education is provided in clinical practice;
  2. critique educational theory and its relationship to teaching and learning practices;
  3. outline factors that impact on effective teaching and learning;
  4. describe approaches for planning, evaluating and assessing teaching and learning;
  5. evaluate the role of education in health promotion;
  6. participate in a 3 hour IPL delirium workshop;
  7. conduct effective basic peer teaching sessions; and
  8. reflect upon their own perspectives on teaching and learning.

Assessment

Peer teaching preparation and lesson plan (2,500 words)(45%)
Essay (2,500 words) (45%)
Teaching practical - reflective lesson plan annotation (1000 words) (10%)

Hurdle:
Peer teaching practical
IPL Delirium workshop
You are required to attend 80% of all scheduled unit tutorials, unless documentary evidence (such as a medical certificate, relevant death notice, etc.) is provided.

Workload requirements

  • Two (2) hours of lecture per week
  • One (1) hour of tutorial per week
  • Two (2) - four (4) hours private study per week
  • Plus hurdle requirements.

See also Unit timetable information

Chief examiner(s)

Mr Cliff Connell

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

Nursing

Prerequisites

NUR1101 or NUR1010; and NUR1203 or NUR1102.

Co-requisites

Must be enrolled in courses 0727 or 4514.