Course Overview
This module has been designed to prepare educators from a variety of health professions for a role in teaching, supervising and assessing students and trainees in practice and academic settings. It aims to prepare educators to work within a developmental framework in the context of interprofessional learning and modern-day health services. This module will form part of the PGCert/PGDip/MA in Education for the Health Professions.
Syllabus
- The activity of teaching and how it relates to the practice of education
- The role of professional values in education practice
- Learning: theory and practice
- The significance of context in relation to educational practice
- Facilitating learning
- The role of the educator
- Assessment and feedback and how it relates to learning
Contact hours are mostly on-campus (80%), with some blended learning materials and online sessions used to support in-class teaching activities (20%).