Free Online Course on offered By FutureLearn: Becoming an Expert Educator in the Healthcare Professions

Future Learn Platform is offering a free online course on the theme of “Becoming an Expert Educator in the Healthcare Professions”.

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.

This course is intended for:

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

Course duration:

3 hours per week for 6 weeks.

Course topics:

Week 1

• What factors affect motivation and why is motivation so important for effective learning?
• What are effective learning strategies?
• What is reflection and how does it relate to ‘thinking about thinking’?

Week 2

• What are the most effective approaches for designing teaching?
• What is cognitive load theory and why does it matter for teaching?
• What does effective instruction actually look like?

Week 3

• Why does validity matter?
• Why is reliability important?
• What frequently used assessment methods are there?

Week 4

• What comprises ‘good’ feedback?
• What does a ‘good’ feedback relationship mean?
• Why is feedback utility important for learning?

Week 5

• What is a curriculum statement?
• What does constructive alignment mean?
• What should educational governance mean for teachers?

Week 6

• What is the impact of the teacher on the educational climate ‘in the room’?
• What is ‘psychological safety’ and why is it important for teachers to know about it?
• What is the influence of group dynamics on the learning environment?

Course objectives:

By the end of this course learners will be able to:

1. Reflect on and articulate the meaning of effective instruction in the healthcare professions context
2. Justify the validity and reliability of a given assessment or programme of assessment
3. Explain the core elements of ‘good’ feedback
4. Describe the rationale for ensuring constructive alignment across a curriculum
5. Explore the influence of group dynamics on the learning environment
6. Identify the role of motivation in effective learning
7. Identify appropriate evidence-based learning strategies for use in the classroom or clinical workplace
8. Identify common methods and approaches to assessment used in healthcare professions education

Course costs:

Learner can join this course for free through and get limited access to it for 8 weeks.

Or upgrade this course for $74 and gets:

• Access to this course for as long as it’s on Future Learn.
• Discuss your learning in comments.
• Certificate of Achievement once he/she is eligible (print and digital).

Or buy unlimited for $ 15.83/month or 189.99 for one year and gets:

• Access to this course.
• Access to ALL eligible short courses with additional benefits, for a year.
• Discuss your learning in comments.
• Certificate of Achievement once he/she is eligible (print and digital).

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