Becoming an Expert Educator in the Healthcare Professions
Discover the teaching strategies to become an expert educator to healthcare professionals with this online healthcare course from the University of Nottingham.
Duration
6 weeks
Weekly study
3 hours
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Become an expert health educator and make a difference
Connect with a global network of multi-professional educators in healthcare, and gain new perspectives on your teaching strategies and values as a health educator.
On this course from the University of Nottingham, you’ll identify and apply the fundamentals of education to the healthcare professions. You will be empowered to make evidence-based improvements to your teaching.
The course is designed to share with new or established educators the latest evidence-based approaches and thinking around delivering effective education in healthcare.
Create an effective learning environment for your students
The course will begin by exploring the concept of motivation, and asking why it’s essential for effective learning. You’ll discuss Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, as well as learning styles and strategies.
You’ll learn about the role of memory in learning, and discover the types of memory and exercises that will allow you to help your students.
Discover cognitive load theory and instructional design
There are several effective approaches to designing teaching. You’ll learn about the types of cognitive load, the principles of instruction, and instructional design.
Assessments are also a vital part of teaching, so you’ll learn about assessment methods. You’ll think about what makes a reliable and valid assessment, and then explore what comprises good feedback.
Learn to create a positive group dynamic
In the final few weeks, you’ll investigate how to create a good group dynamic in the classroom. From considering the psychological safety of students to developing group-based activities, you’ll learn to foster a positive learning environment.
Ultimately, you’ll learn some of the fundamental concepts around learning, teaching, assessment, feedback, the environment, and curriculum design.
Week 1
Learning
Welcome and introduction to the course
Welcome to our course. Here you will meet our team of educators and find out what you will be doing with us in the next 6 weeks.
Motivation
Motivation is a driver for effective learning. Here we will explore what factors affect motivation and the implications for design of teaching activities.
Learning strategies
In this next section we will consider learning strategies.
Thinking about thinking and reflection
The ability to plan, respond to feedback, evaluate your own performance and make sense of things in order to improve are important skills for effective learning. Here we will explore these concepts in more detail.
Summary
Summary of learning outcomes for Week 1 and a brief look at Week 2.
Week 2
Teaching
Welcome
An introduction to Week 2
The importance of memory
Memory is an important factor in learning. We will explore memory here and its implication for teachers
Designing effective teaching activities
How do we as teachers design effective teaching activities despite the limitations of memory?
The role of instructional design
The next steps discuss the ways in which memory and its limitations may influence teaching activities, focusing on instructional design.
Summary
A recap and look to Week 3
Week 3
Assessment
Welcome to Week 3
Welcome and introduction to the Week
Validity
How do you know if the task you designed will measure someone's knowledge or performance? Here we explore the concept of 'validity' in assessment.
Reliability
How reliable are our assessments? This section considers how we can make sure our assessment results can be reproduced in a reliable way.
Different assessment methods
In this section, we consider some of the methods of assessment used in the healthcare professions.
Summary
A recap and look towards Week 4 where we will be looking at feedback.
Week 4
Feedback
Welcome to Week 4
Welcome and introduction to the week
What is feedback?
Here we explore what feedback is, and what constitutes the perfect feedback recipe.
The relationship between teacher and learner
The development of trust and respect is fundamental to an ideal feedback relationship between teacher and learner. We explore what that means in this section.
The learner in the feedback relationship
What is the learner's responsibility and how they can be a willing feedback recipient?
Summary
A recap and look towards Week 5 where we will be looking at the learning environment.
Week 5
Environment
Welcome to Week 5
This week we look at the learning environment
The role of the teacher
What is the role of the teacher in creating a good environment for learning?
Protecting the learner
In this section we consider the make-up of the learner and protecting their psychological safety.
Group dynamics and the role of technology
Here we explore group dynamics and the role of technology in creating new learning environments
Summary
A recap and look towards Week 6 where we will be looking at curriculum.
Week 6
Curriculum
Welcome
Introduction and welcome to week 6
Exploring the curriculum
Differences between curriculum, curriculum statement and syllabus
Aligning your content
Here we will look at how teaching content is aligned with the syllabus and the overall curriculum
Quality assurance
Now we will explore your role, as a teacher, in maintaining quality assurance of the curriculum
Summary
Wrapping up Week 6 curriculum
Course resources
Here you will find references and recommendations for further reading relevant to the course.
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