| Unit name | Essentials introduction |
|---|---|
| Unit code | MEEDM0028 |
| Credit points | 10 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
| Unit director | Dr. Fowler |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
That learners are engaged in teaching and assessing health professionals. |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Teaching and Learning for Health Professionals |
| Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
This offers an introduction to the planning, delivery, assessment and evaluation of health professional education.
Aim:
To develop learners’ ability to plan, deliver and assess teaching.
To develop learners’ ability to evaluate their own teaching.
There will be a mixed method approach consistent with current best practice. This will include presentations by course tutors, large and small group discussions, workshops and teamwork, paired activities, presentations by participants with structured feedback, demonstrations and work-based learning.
Assessment will entail the production of varied texts and/or items in other media, contributing to an overarching, programme-level portfolio assessment, employing the concept of the ‘patchwork text’.
Each unit will have required items and types of texts to be produced at stated times within the framework of the unit and others will stretch across the entire Certificate permitting learners to demonstrate how they are connecting key concepts and synthesising the material. This provides a more appropriate assessment for the development of understanding and skills in a course where reflection on progress parallels a critical approach to theory.
Formative assessment includes reflective writing that contributes to the student’s portfolio giving evidence of engagement with the HEA PSF.
This unit:
Formative assessment – reflection on learning, teaching and micro-teach session. Successful completion of formative assessment is necessary to progress.
Summative – a written assessment of 2500 – 3000 words. This contributes 100% of final grade for this module.
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