| Introductory Short Course (ISC) in Health Professions Education (HPE)
January 17 - 21, 2011
Course credit: 1
Pre requisite: Health Professions Educator
Duration: 50 hours (two weeks) of study consisting of one-week part-time pre-reading, and one-week full-time intensive face-to-face component.
Aims: The course aims to introduce the participants to educational philosophies underpinning Health Professions Education globally. It also introduces participants to innovative teaching learning strategies and pitfalls in assessment.
Objectives:
By the end of the course the participants should be able to:
I. Curriculum
- differentiate between the different components of a curriculum and its evolution
- relate program evaluation to curriculum development
- differentiate between outcomes and objectives, and the different levels of objectives
- develop a one-week module and identify the overall objectives, core content, sequence, appropriate teaching, learning and assessment strategies.
II. Teaching and Learning
- identify characteristics of adult learners and factors that enhance or inhibit learning
- match different modes of instruction with their strengths and weaknesses
- demonstrate common learner-centered approaches to teaching and importance of feedback
- identify different learning resources: e-learning, web-based learning management system s, repositories of learning objects, skills learning centers and standardized patients
III. Small Group Learning with focus on Problem Based Learning (PBL)
- discuss the strengths and limitations of small group learning
- classify small group learning with PBL as a specialized version
- identify basic principles underlying PBL
- demonstrate the tutor's and student's roles
- conduct the process of a small group (PBL) tutorial
- apply process of assessment and feedback strategies in the (PBL) tutorial
IV. Assessment
- develop assessment plans using the principles of assessment
- identify current trends in assessment
- construct & critique a multiple choice question(s)
Course Fee
Local participants: Rs. 10,000 per person
International participants: US$ 500 per person
Course Coordinator
Dr Naveed Yousuf
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