Unit name | Professionalism: defining, teaching and assessing |
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Unit code | MEEDM0020 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Dr. Fowler |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
PG Certificate in Teaching and Learning for Health Professionals |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Teaching and Learning for Health Professionals |
Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
In this unit we explore the concept of professional values that underpin professionalism in order to identify effective methods for selection, teaching, learning and assessment.
Professional values are a core strand in health care teaching and training. In this unit students will explore what it means to be a professional in the health professions. Students will explore the core values that underpin definitions of professionalism in their own working context.
Students will then explore issues around the teaching and assessment of professional values:
By the end of the unit students will have:
e-learning – pre-course materials on Blackboard and use of tools, such as discussion board and wiki
Face to face
Formative assessment: feedback on face-to-face activities and online activities
Summative assessment: (100%):
Reflective assignment of 3000 words:
Pick one of the agreed core values for entrance to your profession. Critically analyse how or if this selected value can be selected for, taught, learnt and assessed.
Royal College of Physicians (2005). Doctors in Society: Medical professionalism in a changing world. ISBN:1 86016 255 X.
Birden et al (2013) Teaching professionalism in medical education: a Best Evidence Medical Education (BEME) systematic review. BEME Guide No. 25.
Cruess RL, Cruess SR & Steinert Y (2009). Teaching Medical Professionalism. Cambridge University Press. ISBN:978-0-521-70742-8.
Stern DT (2006). Measuring Medical Professionalism. OUP. ISBN:0195172264.
Codes of conduct relevant to students.