NS5342 - Principles of Education for the Health Professional
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | College of Healthcare Sciences |
This subject provides an introduction to key theories and concepts applicable to health professional education including adult learning, experiential learning, scaffolding, and active learning. Students will learn how to plan an effective learning session and to apply best practice educator knowledge and skills to education sessions.
Learning Outcomes
- Apply and discuss a range of education theories, concepts and strategies relevant to teaching and learning in the health context;
- Plan teaching for adult learning in a clinical context;
- Develop a lesson plan for adult education;
- Apply principles of evaluation as part of a quality improvement cycle;
- Reflect on and describe a personal teaching philosophy.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | HS5405 |
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| External, Study Period 81 | |
| Census Date 25-Jan-2018 | |
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| Method of Delivery: | Online - JCU |
| Assessment: | narrated powerpoint, educational/learning theory (40%); teaching plan showcase (40%); plan teaching evaluation (10%); personal teaching philosophy reflection (10%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | The assessments are authentic tasks that demonstrate the learner's understanding of persuasive communication in a variety of health contexts. They are clearly linked to weekly topics and build on learning experiences provided. Students will need to be working in a clinical/non-clinical area in a health related field to observe and apply principles learned in this subject. |
| External, Study Period 85 | |
| Census Date 13-Sep-2018 | |
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| Method of Delivery: | WWW - LearnJCU |
| Assessment: | narrated powerpoint, educational/learning theory (40%); teaching plan showcase (40%); plan for teaching evaluation (10%); personal teaching philosophy reflection (10%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | The assessments are authentic tasks that demonstrate the learner's understanding of persuasive communication in a variety of health contexts. They are clearly linked to weekly topics and build on learning experiences provided. Students will need to be working in a clinical/non-clinical area in a health related field to observe and apply principles learned in this subject. |
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.