Certificate of Achievement
Lic. Carlos Francisco Mallmann
has completed the following course:
Developing Expert Educators for Healthcare Professions
This course equipped learners with skills to teach in healthcare. It did so by engaging them in evidence-based educational strategies and participation in critical reflection over existing practice. Learners connected with one another and shared experiences across different teaching contexts.
6 weeks, 3 hours per week
Rakesh Patel
Clinical Associate Professor in Medical Education
The University of Nottingham
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Reflect on and articulate the meaning of effective instruction in the healthcare professions context
- Justify the validity and reliability of a given assessment or programme of assessment
- Explain the core elements of ‘good’ feedback
- Describe the rationale for ensuring constructive alignment across a curriculum
- Explore the influence of group dynamics on the learning environment
- Identify the role of motivation in effective learning
- Identify appropriate evidence-based learning strategies for use in the classroom or clinical workplace
- Identify common methods and approaches to assessment used in healthcare professions education
Syllabus
Week 1
- What factors affect motivation and why is motivation so important for effective learning?
- What are effective learning strategies?
- What is reflection and how does it relate to ‘thinking about thinking’?
Week 2
- What are the most effective approaches for designing teaching?
- What is cognitive load theory and why does it matter for teaching?
- What does effective instruction actually look like?
Week 3
- Why does validity matter?
- Why is reliability important?
- What frequently used assessment methods are there?
Week 4
- What comprises ‘good’ feedback?
- What does a ‘good’ feedback relationship mean?
- Why is feedback utility important for learning?
Week 5
- What is a curriculum statement?
- What does constructive alignment mean?
- What should educational governance mean for teachers?
Week 6
- What is the impact of the teacher on the educational climate ‘in the room’?
- What is ‘psychological safety’ and why is it important for teachers to know about it?
- What is the influence of group dynamics on the learning environment?
Issued on 5th December 2020
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