Unit name | Educational Theory, Teaching and Presentation Skills |
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Unit code | MEDIM8050 |
Credit points | 15 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Professor. Hanks |
Open unit status | Not open |
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Co-requisites | |
School/department | Health Sciences Faculty Office |
Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
This module aims to allow students to explore various learning styles and teaching approaches and the principles of course design, evaluation and assessment in order to improve the students’ own learning capacity and skills when teaching others.
Following the completion of this module students will be able to:
Two day workshop
Seminars Preparation and presentation of teaching material with peer group assessment
Formative tutor and peer assessment of various teaching methods Critical reflection on the preparation and delivery of a teaching session
Newble D, Cannon R. Handbook for medical teaching. London: Kluwur, 1994
Brown G, Atkins M. Effective teaching in higher education. London: Routledge, 1988