SUPPORTING EDUCATION IN PRACTICE - 2022/3
Module code: NURM147
Module Overview
This module is designed to meet the needs of professionals working in health & social care. The module is designed to support health care professionals who undertake an educational role to apply learning and teaching theory to their practice role.
The module forms part of the teaching for professional practice programme and The Practice Teacher qualification.
Module provider
School of Health Sciences
Module Leader
DERHAM Cathy (Health Sci.)
Number of Credits: 15
ECTS Credits: 7.5
Framework: FHEQ Level 7
Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A
Overall student workload
Independent Learning Hours: 123
Lecture Hours: 8
Seminar Hours: 16
Tutorial Hours: 3
Module Availability
Semester 1
Prerequisites / Co-requisites
N/A
Module content
Indicative content includes:
- Standards for Education and Practice
- Recontexualising learning for practice based education
- Exploring the quality of the learning environment
- Applying learning theories and domains
- Inclusive approaches to education
- Critical evaluation of learning and teaching strategies
- Assessment feedback
- Pedagogic frailty
Assessment pattern
| Assessment type | Unit of assessment | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Essay | 100 |
Alternative Assessment
None
Assessment Strategy
The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate their application of learning & teaching theory and practice relevant to their practice area.
Thus, the summative assessment for this module consists of:
A 3000 word academic essay that critically analyses and evaluates the effectiveness of how education is supported in their practice area to provide the optimum learning experience.
Identify one learning and teaching strategy that you could adapt in multiple contexts within your practice environment that will optimise the learners' experience. Your discussions should demonstrate a deep and systematic understanding of the theory and evidence underpinning this strategy and how this would benefit the achievement of the learner.
- Discuss the diversity of your practice environment and learners.
- Ensure that you discuss ONE learning and teaching strategy.
- Reflect the learning and teaching theory informs the learning and teaching strategy.
- Ensure contemporary and current referencing unless seminal, including educational standards
Feedback
Students will receive feedback through a variety of methods, these include:
- Verbal – during tutorials
- Written – Summative feedback on Surrey Learn
- E-mail – one page draft to be reviewed where requested by student up to two weeks before the submission date.
Module aims
- The aim of this module is to consider and critically evaluate links between theory and practice to explore strategies relevant for the facilitation and assessment of learning within the work place
Learning outcomes
| Attributes Developed | ||
| 001 | Demonstrate an understanding of your learning environment with consideration of the internal and external drivers which influence your approach to education | KCPT |
| 002 | Critically examine and evaluate an educational strategy used within practice based education to optimise student centred learning | KCPT |
| 003 | Explore a learning theory which underpins your education strategy and link the learning theory to the strategy in a critical manner | KCPT |
Attributes Developed
C - Cognitive/analytical
K - Subject knowledge
T - Transferable skills
P - Professional/Practical skills
Methods of Teaching / Learning
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The learning and teaching strategy is designed to:
- Enable learners to experience a range of learning and teaching strategies
- Enable learners to apply learning & teaching theory to practice
- Enable learners to apply the relevant educational standards relevant to their role
- Enable learners to understand and apply quality standards
The learning and teaching methods include:
- Lectures
- Small group work and discussion
- Inquiry based learning
- Workshops
- Tutorials
Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.
Reading list
https://readinglists.surrey.ac.uk
Upon accessing the reading list, please search for the module using the module code: NURM147
Programmes this module appears in
| Programme | Semester | Classification | Qualifying conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Clinical Practice MSc | 1 | Core | Each unit of assessment must be passed at 50% to pass the module |
| Education for Health Professionals MA | 1 | Core | Each unit of assessment must be passed at 50% to pass the module |
| Education for Health Professionals PGCert | 1 | Compulsory | A weighted aggregate mark of 50% is required to pass the module |
| Education for Health Professionals PGDip | 1 | Core | Each unit of assessment must be passed at 50% to pass the module |
Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2022/3 academic year.