Methodologies in Clinical Education (Module Two)
What it's about
The second module of the course gives you a solid grounding in current clinical education methodologies. You'll learn to make a significant contribution to education in practice and to take a lead role in the development of educational practice within your practice setting.
Indicative syllabus
The syllabus for the second module includes the following key areas:
- Meaningful engagement with current literature in clinical education.
- The importance of theoretical rigour and a systematic and reflexive approach to clinical teaching.
- An overview of the dominant methodologies used in clinical education teaching and consideration of their historical background.
- Critically consider current pedagogical debates in relation to personal activity in clinical education.
- Consider creative and complementary approaches to clinical education practice.
Learning outcomes
On completing the second module of your course, you should be able to:
- Demonstrate a systematic and comprehensive knowledge of theoretically based, systematic approaches to the use of teaching learning and assessment in clinical education.
- Critically review the range of teaching, learning and assessment methodologies available to the clinical teacher.
- Synthesise different ways of thinking about teaching, focusing on an illustrative example.