Curriculum Design, Assessment and Evaluation in Health Professional Education
PostgraduateACU-HLSC6642024
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 10 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Curriculum Design, Assessment and Evaluation in Health Professional Education
About this subject
On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- Describe the main principles and features of curriculum design, and critically discuss strategies to promote learner-centred education and encourage interprofessional education
- Analyse selected contemporary assessment and evaluation models and approaches, and design an appropriate assessment tool for use in their own practice
- Apply knowledge and understanding to develop an evaluation tool for use in their own practice
- Foundational theories and principles of curriculum design
- Planning and Designing the Curriculum
- Contemporary approaches to assessment in health professional education
- Assessment methods and tools in health professional education
- Program and teaching evaluation models and strategies
- Ethical, moral and legal issues in curriculum design, assessment and evaluation
Authentic assessment approaches are increasingly being applied in contemporary health professional education to actively engage learners in activities that resemble real‐world work interactions and problem‐solving. Health professional educators need the knowledge and skills to plan and design curricula, assessment tools and evaluation strategies as they apply to diverse healthcare settings. This subject will empower you to explore and apply a range of strategies and techniques to optimise health professional assessment and evaluation as a learning and teaching method.
To that end, this subject will help students learn about and apply educationally sound practices required to design effective curriculum which promote learner-centred education and inter-professional collaboration, in the context of healthcare professional education. Students will examine curriculum concepts, and establish a familiarity with instructional design that focuses on inquiry-based and evidence-based learning approaches.
Students will also be introduced to contemporary approaches to valid and reliable assessment of health professional learners, and be provided opportunities to develop and implement authentic assessment items, as well as practical experience in assessment. Finally, students will then critically analyse evaluation strategies to differentiate their anticipated purposes and outcomes, while taking into consideration the ethical, moral and legal issues.
The overall aim is therefore to prepare students to optimise the learner and learning experience through the development of theoretically informed curricula and authentic assessment, and provide the skills to evaluate the effectiveness of this learning in healthcare education.
In order to successfully complete this subject, students need to complete and submit three assessment tasks. A minimum combined total grade for all assessment tasks of 50% is required to pass this unit. Students will be awarded a final grade result.
The assessment strategy used aims to progressively develop knowledge and skills to enable students to meet the learning outcomes for this unit; in other words, it supports student learning as well as providing a means for to demonstrate learning. In order to develop the knowledge, comprehension and skills required to achieve the learning outcomes and Graduate Attributes, students will:
• demonstrate knowledge through a written assessment, by designing a health professional education or simulation curriculum/program and discussing appropriate evaluation strategies;
• demonstrate further understanding by critically analysing different assessment methods, and developing a valid and reliable assessment tool for use in your workplace, as part of the final assessment task.- Written /Concept map - Enables students to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of constructive alignment, by developing a concept map for an education program/lesson. Students will work with others to peer review their program LOs (20%)
- Written /Assessment tool - Enables students to deveelop an education program which is constructively aligned. Students will demonstrate knowledge and critical analysis of their chosen assessment methods, and develp an assessment tool for their workplace. (40%)
- Written /Evaluation tool - Enables students to apply knowledge &understanding of evaluation methods, by evaluating their chosen education program/ assessment method/ assessment tool. (40%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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