Short Courses 2012
Fundamentals of simulation in clinical teaching
Date: Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 April
Time: 9am - 5pm
Venue: Simulation Centre for Patient Safety (SCPS), University
of Auckland Tamaki Campus
Cost: $650 (limited number of places available for FMHS staff
at $81.25)
Facilitators:
Assoc Prof Jennifer Weller, Head of Centre for Medical and Health Sciences
Education, University of Auckland
Dr Jane Torrie, Director Simulation-based training, University of Auckland
Kaylene Henderson, Simulation Technician, University of Auckland
Dr Wai-Leap Ng, SCPS
Instructor, University of Auckland
Dr Nina Civil, Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education, University of
Auckland
Phillippa Walter, General Manager, Laerdal
Course overview: This course is designed for those engaged in
teaching students of medicine, nursing and other health professions and wishing
to include simulation in their clinical teaching. The course will consist
of key note speaker presentations and interactive activities.
Programme Outline:
- Adding value with simulation in clinical teaching
- Designing scenarios
- Programming Laerdal Simulators
- Running a simulation - immersion and pause and discuss modalities
- Debriefing
- Using simulation to teach and assess teamwork
If you would like to register for this course, please email
cmhseadmin@auckland.ac.nz
Fundamentals of clinical teaching
Course overview: This course, which is designed for those
engaged in teaching students of medicine, nursing and other health professions,
explores fundamental aspects of clinical teaching. The course will consist
of key note speaker presentations and interactive activities.
Programme Outline:
- Fundamental teaching skills
- Clinical supervision
- Assessment in the workplace
- Feedback
- Teaching clinical skills
- Simulation
Designing effective questionnaires
Facilitators:
Dr Boaz Shulruf, Senior Lecturer, CMHSE, University of Auckland
Dr Marcus Henning, Senior Lecturer, CMHSE, University of Auckland
Course Overview: This course aims to cover the key components
of questionnaire design, implementation, and analysis. It will be ideal
for individuals who aim to use, or are using, questionnaires in their research
or practice. The course will follow a step-by-step process from designing
questionnaires to reporting findings.
Learning outcomes: At the end of the course the participants
will be able to:
- understand the core elements of questionnaire design
- understand the processes involved in designing questionnaires and deploying
surveys
- design and interpret the effectiveness of a set of questionnaire items
- justify the selection of a set of questionnaire items and report their
effectiveness
Assessment: The foundation of quality teaching and learning
Facilitators:
Dr Boaz Shulruf, Senior Lecturer, CMHSE, University of Auckland
Dr Marcus Henning, Senior Lecturer, CMHSE, University of Auckland
Course Overview: This course aims to provide learners with a
thorough understanding of assessment and to introduce some practical assessment
tools to enhance teaching practices, curriculum development and and
implementation, and students' performance.
Learning outcomes: At the end of the course the participants
will be able to:
- understand concepts of effective assessment and measurement practices and how to
apply them in educational and workplace clinical settings
- interpret assessment data and properly report them
- choose proper assessment tools and apply them to improve teaching and
learning in educational and workplace clinical settings
Dates for some courses in 2012 are yet to be confirmed. If you are interested in
attending one of these courses, or would like further information, please email
cmhseadmin@auckland.ac.nz
Training and workshops
We offer training and consultancy
services for health and education organisations. We can offer a range of bespoke
training courses or workshops, designed specifically to meet your needs. We have
access to a wide network of clinical educators, teachers, trainers and researchers.
Training and development for health professionals and organisations is offered on
a range of topics including (but not limited to):
-
Training needs analysis
- Curriculum and programme development
- Assessment
- Work based learning
- Simulation
- Clinical and educational leadership
- Interprofessional education
- Qualitative and quantitative research methodology
- Development of measurement instruments/psychometrics
Research seminar series
The centre hosts monthly lunchtime research meetings throughout the year to
discuss educational research projects from across the FMHS.
Information on past seminar topics and upcoming seminars can be found on the
Research seminars page.
