Develop a deeper understanding of effective educational design and the evolving standards influencing health professions education today.
This short course aims to focus on your area of practice and explore your own areas of interest. In this module you will reconsider the ideologies and assumptions underpinning current models of curriculum, course and assessment design within health professions education, and allow you to explore current issues that affect our everyday practice.
You will learn how to critically examine key discourses and ideologies shaping curricula and explore the emergence and the effects of ‘standards’ (as a notion of ‘quality’) in defining health professions curricula. You will be asked to think about your own area of practice and what contemporary issues are important to you.
Who is this short course for?
This course is ideal for those from across the healthcare professions who are involved in or have an interest in developing and understanding curriculum design and content.
You will receive 20 Level 7 credits on completing this short course, including the assessment.
You can take the short course on its own or as part of the PGCert/PGDip/MSc in Health Professions Education.
What you will learn
In this short course, you will learn the key areas of curriculum design and content within the context of contemporary issues. You will also learn about how to publish in current journals within health professions education.
How is this short course delivered?
This course is delivered primarily through distance learning, with an optional hybrid study day that can be attended in-person or online. The course allows for flexible study to fit around your other commitments. You will take part in a variety of learning activities on the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), discussions with peers and tutors on online discussion boards and at online learning sessions (typically 2-3 per module, held on weekday evenings), and hybrid study days (held in module week 2 or 3, on the York campus and livestreamed to online attendees).
The time commitment is 200 notional hours across the module (for teaching activities, self-learning and assessment), and therefore approximately 20 hours per week.
Teaching is provided by experienced clinical and non-clinical academics and researchers from our Health Professions Education Unit (HPEU), a group dedicated to advancing health professions education. We extend knowledge boundaries on workforce research, recruitment, selection and widening access, workplace-based learning, curriculum development, professionalism and assessment to enhance practice and understanding.
How is this short course assessed?
The course is assessed through a written assignment, based on a journal article ‘12 tips’ style paper.