HS5410 - Health Professional Education through Action Research

Credit points:	03
Year:	2013
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	School of Medicine & Dentistry

Available to students enrolled in the Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Master of Health Professional Education, Postgraduate Diploma of Rural and Remote Medicine, Master of Rural and Remote Medicine or by permission of the Subject or Course Coordinator or Head of School.

This subject provides an opportunity for registered health professionals to develop and formalise their teaching skills specifically related to professional development in the education of health professionals. The subject focuses on the teaching and assessment of professionalism in clinical settings, ie professional knowledge, skills, behaviours and attributes. It is available off-campus on a part-time basis in the mode of flexible delivery.

Learning Outcomes

• outline and facilitate experiential learning sessions for critical appraisal and evidence- based practice;
• discuss learning and teaching in relation to clinical reasoning and patient management;
• discuss models of learning and teaching professionalism in clinical practice;
• discuss and carry out various methods of assessing professional development and behaviour in practice.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to manage future career and personal development;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.

Prerequisites:

HS5405 AND HS5406

Availabilities
Townsville, Limited, Study Period 2
Census Date 29-Aug-2013
Face to face teaching (Flexible delivery of lectures and tutorials)
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Louise Young
Contact hours:	12 hours workshops/Seminars - Experiential learning workshops
Assessment:	assignments (50%); professionalism (50%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Satisfactory completion of all assessment items
Restrictions:	An enrolment quota applies to this offering.
Townsville, Limited, Study Period 1
Census Date 28-Mar-2013
Face to face teaching (Flexible delivery of lectures and tutorials)
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Louise Young
Contact hours:	12 hours workshops/Seminars - Experiential learning workshops
Assessment:	assignments (50%); professionalism (50%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Satisfactory completion of all assessment items
Restrictions:	An enrolment quota applies to this offering.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.