Foundations in Medical Education Programme

This online programme is available for colleagues who are involved in teaching University of Bristol Health Science undergraduate students and who might not have a University appointment with access to other programmes on offer to support teacher development for University employees. The scope of participants’ involvement in teaching might range from formal taught sessions to less formal workplace based teaching, preferably a combination of both and should be significant enough to allow an application of course material to practice.

The timetable is being finalised and will be published shortly.

Enquiries: tlhp-workshops@bristol.ac.uk

The programme will consist of asynchronous and synchronous work.

*Asynchronous work (done at your own pace) will involve some independent reading, listening to narrated slides and completing activities which will be shared with peers on a discussion board with a tutor engaging with the discussion. 

**Synchronous work will involve attending an online tutorial with your tutor at a specific date and time.

There are four topics set out as two Blocks of study. The first Block covers teaching in formal setting such as a classroom, the second focuses on the less formal teaching you might do in the workplace.  Participants would be expected to complete one session of independent study each week for two weeks before the tutorial. The material in Block 1 and Block 2 are linked to online tutorials and the independent work must have been completed by the time participants attend the relevant tutorials. These will need to be booked as if you are registering for a study day. There is a two week break between blocks so that participants have the opportunity to apply what they have learned to practice.

The platforms that we will use to deliver the online materials are Sway (part of the Office 365 suite of tools which participants will need to have on a PC). Once registered on the programme participants will be able to access the online materials via Microsoft Teams.  Discussion boards and communication with participants will be via Microsoft Teams.

By completing the programme the participants will be able to:

  1. Write a simple lesson plan to include at least two learning outcomes and apply the principles of small group teaching techniques to an example of teaching practice.
  2. Explain the principles of reasonable adjustment in addressing learner diversity
  3. Understand the difference between formative and summative assessment.
  4. Identify at least one model of feedback provision that can be used in their own practice as an educator.
  5. Understand how reflection might be used in feedback provision.
  6. Identify an example of collaborative practice and learning in their workplace and list the benefits and challenges.
  7. Identify at least one model of teaching in the workplace when time is limited.
  8. Recognise the scope of the educator in the workplace in supervising, supporting students, recognising students in difficulty.

Vertical themes:

  1. The role of the clinical educator in contemporary medical education.
  2. The role and responsibilities of the clinical educator for University of Bristol Faculty of Health Science undergraduate students.
  3. Supporting learning in the workplace.
  4. Developing learner competence.

Module 1
• Designing and planning learning
• Teaching and facilitating small group 
learning
• Reasonable adjustments

 

Module 2
• Teaching and learning in the workplace
• Assessment of learning 
through effective feedback
• Formal and informal learning
• Unconscious bias/decolonisation 
of your curriculum

The timetable is still being finalised for the next academic year.