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| Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) 752981 |
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This course has been approved by the RACGP QA & CPD program. Attendance attracts 60 Category 1 points. |
Course code
3413 + Course abbreviation: GradCetHlthProfEd + Total credit points required: 24 + 1 semester full-time, 2 semesters part-time
Course coordinator
Associate Professor Liz Molloy
This course is offered to Melbourne enrolees over one year between February and November and over two years in Bendigo and the Northern Territory. Enrolments are open to teaching staff within the Faculty and to external applicants. Applicants are welcome from all health professions, including doctors, nurses, radiographers, social workers, pharmacists and ambulance officers. The objectives of the course are to enable staff to:
- Demonstrate effective teaching practices and the ability to reflect critically on teaching performance of self and others.
- Apply knowledge with respect to the theoretical underpinning of learning, teaching and assessment and evaluation of educational programs.
- Design and apply assessment strategies for students in a range of health professional contexts.
- Identify the ethical and legal responsibilities of teaching in diverse health settings.
- Demonstrate positive attitudes and skills in relation to learning, teaching and assessment.
- Describe ways in which best evidence can be used in the design and delivery of educational interventions.
- Use a range of teaching resources and communication technologies.
- Compare and contrast different educational approaches of various health professions and consider their relevance to individual professional practice.
Course structure
Successful completion of the course involves the study of five units. The course is normally undertaken by Melbourne course participants on a part-time basis over one year and by Bendigo, Gippsland and Northern Territory participants on a part-time basis over two years. In Melbourne, MEU9001 & MEU9002 and MEU9003, MEU9004 & MEU9010 are offered end-on in their respective semesters. This means the units do not run concurrently with each other in Semester 1 - participants complete one before starting the next. MEU9010 does, however, run concurrently with the other Semester 2 units. The course is offered as an off-campus program with compulsory study days for MEU9001- 9004 in Melbourne and Bendigo and MEU9001-9003 in the Northern Territory.
| Units | Points | |
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| MEU9001 | Teaching and Learning in Health Professional Education | 6 |
| MEU9002 | Clinical Teaching | 6 |
| MEU9003 | Assessment in Health Professional Education | 6 |
| MEU9004 | Course Planning in Health Professional Education | 3 |
| MEU9010 | Independent Study in Health Professional Education | 3 |
MEU9010 is comprised of four study options: Introduction to Leadership & Change Management; Program Evaluation; Supervision & Independent Study. The Independent Study option is designed for course participants who wish to explore an aspect of health professional education in greater depth or to design/evaluate an educational innovation in their own workplace.
