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Overview
This interactive course, led by experts at the University of Michigan, offers you the opportunity to build in-demand skills in healthcare teaching.You’ll learn through educational videos, readings, recommended reference books, crowd-sourced recommendations, and discussion with the course educators and other learners.
Develop your knowledge of adult learning theory
Teaching adults requires specific teaching techniques and health professions education demands a thorough understanding of educational theory.You’ll build your knowledge of educational theory as it relates to education in the health professions and better understand the diverse learning styles and motivations of adult learners. Instructional Methods in Health Professions Education is offered at University of Michigan by FutureLearn.Programme Structure
Courses include:
Adult learning theory, including learning styles and motivation, metacognition, social learning theory, and professional identity formation.
Formulating Intended Learning Outcomes, including Bloom’s Taxonomy, Miller’s pyramid and clinical competence, and Dryfus’ model of skill acquisition.
Instructional design and individual assessment, including multiple-choice question writing, skill assessment, oral presentation, and rubrics and standardization.
Knowledge transfer, including active learning in large lecture formats, supportive questioning, and “Big Ticket” technique.
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 2 months
- 3 hrs/week
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Public Health Health Sciences Teaching View 50 other Short Courses in Teaching in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- This course is designed for anyone actively engaged in a health professions setting such as medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, social work, and public health. It will be particularly useful for those involved in medical education and teaching members of the health professions.
Tuition Fee
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