Developing Expert Educators for Healthcare Professions
The University of Nottingham
  • Start Date: 02 May, 2022
  • 6 weeks
  • Study Content: Videos


Explore healthcare teaching and learn the teaching strategies to create a great learning environment for healthcare professionals.

Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility

Introduction

Introduction Video

Course Description

This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.

Become an expert health educator and make a difference


Connect with a global network of multi-professional educators in healthcare, and gain new perspectives on your teaching strategies and values as a health educator.


On this course from the University of Nottingham, you’ll identify and apply the fundamentals of education to the healthcare professions. You will be empowered to make evidence-based improvements to your teaching.


The course is designed to share with new or established educators the latest evidence-based approaches and thinking around delivering effective education in healthcare.


Create an effective learning environment for your students


The course will begin by exploring the concept of motivation, and asking why it’s essential for effective learning. You’ll discuss Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, as well as learning styles and strategies.


You’ll learn about the role of memory in learning, and discover the types of memory and exercises that will allow you to help your students.


Discover cognitive load theory and instructional design


There are several effective approaches to designing teaching. You’ll learn about the types of cognitive load, the principles of instruction, and instructional design.


Assessments are also a vital part of teaching, so you’ll learn about assessment methods. You’ll think about what makes a reliable and valid assessment, and then explore what comprises good feedback.


Learn to create a positive group dynamic


In the final few weeks, you’ll investigate how to create a good group dynamic in the classroom. From considering the psychological safety of students to developing group-based activities, you’ll learn to foster a positive learning environment.


Ultimately, you’ll learn some of the fundamental concepts around learning, teaching, assessment, feedback, the environment, and curriculum design.


This course is designed for healthcare professionals who work in, or have an interest in, delivering formal or informal education.


Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.

The University of Nottingham

The University of Nottingham is committed to providing a truly international education, inspiring students, producing world-leading research and benefiting the communities around campuses in the UK, China and Malaysia. The purpose of the University is to improve life for individuals and societies worldwide. By bold innovation and excellence in all that it does, the University makes both knowledge and discoveries matter.

The University of Nottingham has 42,000 students at award-winning campuses in the United Kingdom, China and Malaysia. It was ‘one of the first to embrace a truly international approach to higher education’, according to the Sunday Times University Guide 2013. It is also one of the most popular universities among graduate employers, one of the world’s greenest universities, and winner of the Times Higher Education Award for ‘Outstanding Contribution to Sustainable Development’. It is ranked in the UK’s Top 10 and the World’s Top 75 universities by the Shanghai Jiao Tong and the QS World Rankings.

More than 90 per cent of research at The University of Nottingham is of international quality, according to the most recent Research Assessment Exercise. The University aims to be recognised around the world for its signature contributions, especially in global food security, energy & sustainability, and health. It won a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education for its research into global food security.

 

This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.

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