HS7410 - Curriculum Design and Renewal in Health Professional Education

Credit points:	03
Year:	2018
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	College of Medicine & Dentistry

This subject is available to Graduate Diploma of Health Professional Education and Master of Health Professional Education only or by permission of the Head of School.

Students will learn the different phases involved in developing and designing curriculum for the health professions. They will be able to identify and discuss the challenges involved in different models of curriculum development.

Learning Outcomes

• Describe the components of a curriculum for health professional education;
• Discuss different models of curriculum design relevant to health professional education;
• Apply the steps in curriculum design for health professional education;
• Evaluate the main challenges in designing a curriculum for a health professional program;
• Develop a curriculum evaluation framework for a selected health professional teaching area.

Prerequisites:

HS5405 AND HS5406 AND HS5409 AND HS5410

Availabilities
External, Study Period 1
Census Date 22-Mar-2018
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Louise Young
Contact hours:	1 hours - There will be little contact hours for this subject as it is delievered in an external format. Occasional teleconferences may be arranged by negotiation with the students.
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	assignment 1 - curriculum design proposal (15%); assignment 2 - curriculum re-design proposal (40%); assignment 3 - curriculum blueprint (20%); assignment 4 - curriculum critique (25%).
External, Study Period 2
Census Date 23-Aug-2018
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Louise Young
Contact hours:	1 hours - There will be little contact hours for this subject as it is delievered in an external format. Occasional teleconferences may be arranged by negotiation with the students.
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	assignment 1 - curriculum re-design proposal (15%); assignment 2 - curriculum re-design proposal (40%); assignment 3 - curriculum blueprint (20%); assignment 4 - curriculum critique (25%).

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.