CLINED 715 : Theory and Practice of Clinical Education

Medical and Health Sciences

2020 Semester One (1203) (30 POINTS)

Course Prescription

Examines the conceptual frameworks for learning in a clinical setting. The course will explore learning theory as it relates to the clinical experience, programme design, learner preparation, practical skills in enhancing learning in the clinical setting, and translation of theoretical knowledge into clinical practice.

Course Overview

Clinical Teaching provides a conceptual framework for teaching and learning in a clinical setting.   Employing theoretical frameworks, obtaining evidence about teaching experiences, and reflecting on actual practice are essential facets that ensure the continued development of clinical teaching. This course acknowledges the clinical context and integrates this with established teaching and learning concepts. The course also explores how learning theory can inform the clinical learning environment through considering aspects of training and development such as clinical reasoning, development of expertise, learning styles, curriculum planning, and giving effective feedback. 
 
It is a 30-point course, conducted in both semesters and consists of a two-day workshop, 3 assignments, and six online modules. 
 
The coursework involves reflection on teaching and learning, exploring the literature around clinical education, participation in discussion board activities, practical work-based exercises around teaching, and short written assignments. Attendance at the two-day workshop is strongly recommended and will facilitate completion of some of the assessment tasks.

Course Requirements

No pre-requisites or restrictions

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice
Capability 2: Critical Thinking
Capability 3: Solution Seeking
Capability 4: Communication and Engagement
Capability 5: Independence and Integrity
Capability 6: Social and Environmental Responsibilities

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Understand the theoretical underpinnings to teaching and learning in the clinical setting (Capability 1.1)
  2. Relate these theories to students' own teaching practice (Capability 2.2)
  3. Identify opportunities to improve your own teaching (Capability 3.2 and 3.3)
  4. Contribute to the development of the culture of teaching and learning in your own clinical setting (Capability 6.2)
  5. Analyse and critique students' own clinical teaching (Capability 2.1 and 3.1)
  6. Describe and interpret literature in the area of clinical education (Capability 1.1)
  7. Apply and evaluate clinical teaching concepts to areas of feedback (Capability 4.2)
  8. Employ ways of measuring performance in the clinical setting (Capability 5.2)
  9. Evaluate educational research and theory in teaching and learning and its underpinning principles, practices and approaches, including sound disciplinary knowledge of interprofessional learning opportunities and curriculum design within clinical healthcare contexts. (Capability 1.2)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Assignment 1 30% Individual Coursework
Assignment 2 30% Individual Coursework
Assignment 3 40% Individual Coursework
Assessment Type Learning Outcome Addressed
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Assignment 3
The course Canvas page has detailed information on assessment requirements and processes.

Learning Resources

Recommended Text 

Biggs J, Tang C. Teaching for quality learning at university: what the student does. 4th ed. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill/Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, 2011. 

This is available from the library as an e-book or in print form at the Epsom Library (call number 378.125 BIG 2011) or Philson Library (call number LB2331 B592 2011). 

An earlier edition is also available: Biggs JB,  Tang CS. Teaching for quality learning at university: what the student does. 3rd ed. Maidenhead : McGraw-Hill/Society for Research into Higher Education/Open University Press; 2007. This is also available from the library as an e-book or in print form from either the Philson or General Library.  

Note: though there is similarity in content between the two editions, chapters and page numbers are significantly different. 

Alternatively books can be purchased via http://www.amazon.com/ or http://www.ubsbooks.co.nz/ 

Course Contacts

Course Director: Associate Professor Marcus Henning, email: m.henning@auckland.ac.nz, phone: 09 923 37392 -Course Administrator: Theresa Huang, email: theresa.huang@auckland.ac.nz, phone: 09 923 39717

Workload Expectations

This course is a 30 point course and students are expected to spend 20 hours per week involved in each 30 point course that they are enrolled in. 

As an online course, you can expect 0 hours of formal lectures, an 16 hour tutorial or workshop, 160 approx. hours of reading and thinking about the content and 124 approx. hours of work on assignments and/or test preparation. 


Digital Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.

Academic Integrity
 
The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. Below are extracts from the University of Auckland Guidelines for Conduct of Coursework. Further information can be obtained from: 
 
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/learning-and-teaching/policies-guidelines-and-procedures/academic-integrity-info-for-students.htmlLinks to an external site.  
 
To ensure the maintenance of the standard of all University of Auckland qualifications, all students and staff have a responsibility to prevent, discourage and report cheating in coursework.  
 
The general principle for determining whether cheating has occurred is whether work that is submitted for grading is the student's own work, reflecting his or her learning. Submitted work in which 20 words or more are from other sources but not attributed as such (i.e. enclosing them in quotation marks and providing the reference of the source) is regarded as plagiarism.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website at http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

CLINED 715 - semester 1 , 2019 
Student feedback for the question  "Overall, I was satisfied with the quality of this course" resulted in 89% (agreement)

Some comments were:
The large resource access 
  • The linked resources/reading list was very helpful. With so much literature now out there, having these lists was helpful in getting us started. The session on performing literature searches was helpful in giving us confidence to perform one for the assignments,    as well as using the given texts. 
  • The online course material was very well structured and displayed on Canvas. The course coordinator was very supportive in answering questions along the way. 
  • The resources provided (reading list) were incredibly useful and appropriate. 
  • I felt the assessments were staged in a step wise way, with initially developing critical reflection skills, moving to personal reflection with appropriate literature review to a more unstructured creative larger piece that cleverly used peer review in a course held almost entirely online. I really appreciated the way each successive assignment has stretched me in different ways 


Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter (https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html).

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.

Published on 18/02/2020 11:09 a.m.