Overview

This module introduces students to contemporary local, national and international perspectives in medical and health professions’ education, including key principles, learning theories, learning and teaching approaches and methods, and overview of assessment and curriculum development. The module also introduces student to approaches to studying at masters level in this discipline.

Key Concepts in medical and health professions education

• Contemporary trends and practices from local, national and international perspectives
• Learning theories and paradigms
• Planning and designing learning and teaching
• introduction to curriculum development
• Learning and teaching approaches and methods
• Assessment principles
• Use of learning technologies
• Goal setting
• Evaluation of teaching
• Critical appraisal of sessions
• Introduction to Leadership in MHPE
• Introduction to AI in MHPE -Writing reflective commentaries and mapping to AdvanceHE criteria
• Introduction to studying and writing at 'M' level

Assessment Strategy

Pass (50 – 59%):** Students will demonstrate a basic level of knowledge, understanding, and skills required for meeting the learning outcomes. Students will demonstrate a general level of understanding of the practical and theoretical perspectives and are able to make some references to relevant literature. For the critical analysis, students will have attained a basic knowledge of material contained in set texts or reading materials with the links between theory and own practice fairly clear in parts. Students will have satisfactorily completed essential assessment exercises. Written work will be acceptable but with a number of errors evident.

Merit (60 -69%): ** Students will demonstrate a sound level of knowledge, understanding, and skills required for meeting the learning outcomes. Students will demonstrate familiarity with and the ability to apply a range of approaches, methods, and conceptual tools. Self-reflection and practice improvement will be based on reasonable theoretical rationale. There will be evidence of attaining a sound knowledge of material contained in set texts or reading materials and undertaking wider reading. All completed assessment exercises will be at a proficient level. Written work will be of good quality, based on the module materials, but with some good evidence of wider reading and critical thinking.

Distinction (70% and over): Students will demonstrate a high level of knowledge, understanding, and skills for meeting the learning outcomes. Students will demonstrate a high level of analysis of own experience in relation to the theories and applications of the theories. There will be evidence of attaining an advanced knowledge of material beyond that contained in set texts and work within this category will show evidence of considerable wider reading and critical thinking. All completed assessment exercises will be at a high standard. Written work will be clear and concise, with few errors. Higher A marks require clear evidence of wider reading and critical thinking.

Learning Outcomes

• Critically apply learning and teaching methods, including as appropriate use of technology to enhance learning in clinical, university-based and interprofessional contexts.

• Critically evaluate their own programme in the context of contemporary medical and health professions’ education and learning theories

• Critically review and analyse own style of teaching & facilitating learning using reflection & feedback

• Synthesise and apply theory and evidence in order to identify their own educational philosophy, professional & educational leadership development needs.