School of Health Professions Education Summer Course

Overview

• In the School of Health Professions Education Summer Course course at the Maastricht University, we share many years of theoretical and practical experience in managing and assessing learning in student-centred curricula as implemented by the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences of Maastricht University. 

• Participants become familiar with other forms of student centred education besides problem-based learning such as team-based learning and the four components instructional design model (4C/ID-model).

Objectives involve  

• Understanding the basic facts of PBL and how learning principles are used in student-centred curricula
• Identifying the evidence behind  learning principles
• Translating learning principles into the design of new educational materials/activities and applying them to your own context
• Manage your educational activities/role of tutor (critical incidents)
• Becoming familiar with other forms of student centered education besides problem-based learning such as team-based learning and the four components instructional design model (4C/ID-model)
• Understand the philosophy behind programmatic assessment
• Translate the principles of programmatic assessment into own assessment programme 
• Tailor-made options to experience the Maastricht University's learning environment by site visits in either the clinic, skills-lab or University.
• Sharing of experiences on the management and organization of student centred curricula.
• To be introduced to research in the field of medical education 
• Network and get acquainted with professionals all over the world who share a similar ambitions.