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Contemporary Issues in Health Professional Education and Leadership
PostgraduateUND-MEDI51102021
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Contemporary Issues in Health Professional Education and Leadership
About this subject
On completion of this course students should be able to achieve the following learning outcomes:
- Determine key factors which are impacting the nature of healthcare delivery in an educational and leadership context
- Describe the educational implications for the changing nature of health care
- Identify a set of key principles for facilitating change in health professional education.
- Key contemporary issues
- A changing healthcare landscape
- Leading change in a health professional education context
This course provides learners with an opportunity to explore key contemporary issues facing health professional educators and leaders as we traverse the changing learning and healthcare landscape.
Established principles pertaining to leading organisational change are explored to consider strategies and innovation in the way in which we plan and deliver educational change to improve established practices in health professional education.
- Formative written reflection
- 1200 word discussion paper - contemporary issue in HPE (50%)
- 1200 word proposed practice innovation - facilitating educational change (50%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Additional requirements
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Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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