CLINED 715 : Theory and Practice of Clinical Education

Medical and Health Sciences

2024 Semester One (1243) (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 the both semesters and consists of a one-day workshop, 3 assignments, and six online modules.
  
The coursework involves reflection on teaching and learning, exploring the literature around clinical education, participation in one discussion board activity, a practical work-based exercise around teaching, and written assignments. Attendance at the online workshop is strongly recommended and will review expectations regarding the upcoming assessment tasks.

Course Requirements

No pre-requisites or restrictions

Course Contacts

Course Director: Associate Professor Marcus Henning, email: m.henning@auckland.ac.nz, phone: 09 923 7392 -Course Administrator: Nikita Bansal, email: nikita.bansal@auckland.ac.nz

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 1: People and Place
Capability 2: Sustainability
Capability 3: Knowledge and Practice
Capability 4: Critical Thinking
Capability 5: Solution Seeking
Capability 6: Communication
Capability 7: Collaboration
Capability 8: Ethics and Professionalism

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Understand and apply the theoretical underpinnings to teaching and learning in the clinical setting and relate these students own teaching and learning experiences (Capability 1, 3 and 5)
  2. Identify opportunities to improve your own teaching (Capability 5, 6 and 7)
  3. Contibute to the development of the culture of teaching and learning in your own clinical setting (Capability 1, 2 and 8)
  4. Analyse and critique students' own clinical teaching and reflection on measuring performance in the clinical setting (Capability 1, 5 and 6)
  5. Describe and interpret literature in the area of clinical education (Capability 4 and 6)
  6. Apply and evaluate clinical teaching concepts to areas of feedback, including a reflection on implicit bias (Capability 4, 6 and 7)
  7. 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 2, 3, 4 and 8)
  8. Employ ways of measuring performance in the clinical setting (Capability 4, 6 and 8)
  9. Critically evaluate educational research and theory in teaching and learning and its underpinning principles, practices and approaches, and applying this critical thinking process to a practical clinical teaching scenario. (Capability 4, 7 and 8)

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

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: (1) zero hours of formal lectures, (2) an 8-hour workshop via Zoom on the first day of each semester, (3) attendance at two catch-up meetings via Zoom, (4) 160 approx. hours of reading and thinking about the content, and (5) 124 approx. hours of work on assignments. 

Delivery Mode

Online

Attendance is expected at scheduled virtual workshops and online catch up meetings to gain a full understanding of the requirement of the components of the course. Where possible, study material will be available at course commencement and some will be released progressively throughout the course. This course runs to the University semester/quarter timetable and all the associated completion dates and deadlines will apply.

Learning 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.

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  

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 for potential plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct, using computerised detection mechanisms.

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.

Class Representatives

Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.

A class representative will obtain feedback from enrolled students regarding their views on the quality of their course experience.

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 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.

Learning Continuity

In the event of an unexpected disruption, we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and course assessment continues to meet the principles of the University’s assessment policy. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator/director, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the university website for information about how to proceed.

The delivery mode may change depending on COVID restrictions. Any changes will be communicated through Canvas.

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 students may be asked to submit 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. In exceptional circumstances changes to elements of this course may be necessary at short notice. Students enrolled in this course will be informed of any such changes and the reasons for them, as soon as possible, through Canvas.

Published on 06/11/2023 10:05 a.m.