Postgraduate - UnitMEU9010 - Independent study in health professional education

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Offered	Notting Hill First semester (extended) 2012 (Off-campus) Notting Hill Second semester (extended) 2012 (Off-campus) Notting Hill Term 2 2012 (Off-campus) Notting Hill Term 4 2012 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)	A/Prof Liz Molloy

Synopsis

In this unit course participants will choose one of the following study options:

1. Supervision in health professional education;
2. Negotiated individualised project of personal relevance to the participant.

Outcomes

Study option 1
Supervision
On completion of this unit participants will be able to:

• Define clinical supervision, preceptorship and mentoring and compare and contrast these different supervisory roles within health professional education;
• Examine barriers and drivers to change in educational innovation in supervision;
• Analyse the implications of the implementation of a review or change to the supervisory model used within their current teaching or workplace setting.

Study option 2
Individualised project
On completion of this unit participants will be able to:

• Develop an applied education project proposal;
• Plan and implement the project;
• Evaluate the project process and outcomes using appropriate evaluation methods;
• Prepare a project report appropriate to their workplace settings.

Assessment

Literature review (30%)
Supervision plan development / project report (60%)
Teaching portfolio (10%)

Chief examiner(s)

A/Prof Liz Molloy

Contact hours

Off-campus students:
Six (6) hours per week