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The Directorate of Education at the UL School of Medicine is committed to providing professional development opportunities for staff and students in the area of teaching and learning. A programme of activities is outlined below:
Target Audience: Clinical skills tutors (new tutors and established tutors)
Date: TBC
Cost: Free
Learning objectives/Aims
New tutor Session
- Describe the format and methods of delivery of clinical skills teaching sessions
- Understand the principles of communication skills teaching including the principles of feedback
- Define briefly the role of the simulated patient in teaching sessions
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of the role of the tutor
General session
- For new tutors to meet established tutors
- For all tutors to review use of simulators/ manikins used in teaching sessions in Semester 1
- For tutors to share experiences of troubleshooting equipment
- For tutors to share experiences of common difficulties encountered by students
- For established tutors to share experiences in teaching communication skills to School of Medicine students
To register please email: MedicineFacultyDevelopment@ul.ie
Closed for Applications
Target Audience: Existing and new PBL tutors
Date: TBC
Cost: Free
Accredited for 6 CPD Points
Learning Objectives/Aims
- To give an overview of a graduate entry medical curriculum
- To explain the principles of PBL and their application in practice
- To help participants develop/improve skills in facilitating PBL groups
- To help participants develop/improve their understanding and practice of self-directed learning
To register your interest please email: Patrick.Greaney@ul.ie
Target Audience: School Faculty, PBL tutors, clinical skills tutors, anatomy tutors, clinical tutors
Date: TBC
Cost: Free
Accredited for 2 CPD Points
Learning objectives/Aims
The workshop enables the participants to further develop their knowledge of best practice in medical student assessment.
The Objectives of the workshop are:
- To introduce and provide the evidence base for using SAQs in medical education
- To explain how an integrated SAQ can be composed
- To demonstrate the process involved in formulating a SAQ
- To give the participants the opportunity (whilst) working in small groups to compose SAQs
- To help participants develop an understanding of the need to develop integrated SAQs that test understanding and deep knowledge
To register your interest please email: MedicineFacultyDevelopment@ul.ie
Closed for Applications
Target Audience: School Faculty, PBL tutors, clinical skills tutors, anatomy tutors, clinical tutors
Date: TBC
Cost: Free
Applied for 2 CPD Points Single best answer (SBA) question writing workshop
Learning objectives/Aims
The workshop will enable the participants to further develop their knowledge of best practice in medical student assessment.
The Objectives of the workshop are:
- To introduce the evidence base for using SBAs in medical education
- To explain how an SBA can be composed
- To demonstrate the process involved in formulating a high quality SBA
- To give the participants the opportunity (whilst) working in small groups to compose SBAs
To register your interest please email: Patrick.Greaney@ul.ie
Closed for registration
Target Audience: Clinical and academic staff involved in medical education
Date: TBC
Time: TBC
Venue: School of Medicine, 51本色
Cost: Free
Accredited for 2 CPD Points
Learning Objectives/ Aims
- To be familiar with the many definitions of professionalism and what attributes they include.
- To be aware of/ reminded of the Irish Medical Council (IMC) - Eight Domains of Good Professional Practice.To be aware of IMC Guidelines for Medical Schools on Undergraduate Professionalism.
- To share experiences of dealing with situations where potentially unprofessional behavior was displayed.
- To discuss opportunities for learning and teaching Professionalism
- To discuss approaches to giving feedback
To register your interest please email: MedicineFacultyDevelopment@ul.ie
Target Audience: The course is open to all healthcare professionals who are currently working in the hospital network, irrespective of their level of seniority. Staff working at School of Medicine affiliated sites are also invited to participate via videoconference.
Dates: The workshop series will run on 6 consecutive Tuesday evenings from 26th January to 2nd March (inclusive).
Time: 1730-1900
Venue: Microsoft Teams (on-line due to COVID-19) via Videoconference to School of Medicine Affiliated Sites/Hubs*
Cost: Free
Accredited for 12 CPD Points
Learning Objectives/Aims
This package of workshops will provide a basic but comprehensive foundation on aspects of clinical teaching.
Elements of the workshops will include:
- Modern principles and concepts in Clinical Teaching
- Effective Small-Group Clinical Teaching
- Effective Large-Group Clinical Teaching
- Effective Bed-Side Clinical Teaching.
- Effective Student Assessment and Self-Evaluation
- Effective Feedback Provision.
Specifically it is expected that participants will achieve the following objectives:
- Identify opportunities for teaching and enabling learning in everyday clinical practice
- Apply some of the major modern medical education theories of learning & teaching to their own teaching practice
- Utilise a wider range of teaching methods with students and trainees
- Develop a reflective approach to teaching and learning which you can by utilise in their own continuing professional development
Places are limited
Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) in Learning Teaching and Assessment in Higher Education
The Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) in Teaching, Learning & Assessment in Higher Education is a 30 ECTS one-year, part-time programme.
It is recognised at UL as a continuing professional development (CPD) activity enabling participants to evidence teaching excellence.
See Appendices I & II of the .
It aims to enhance the professional practice of those who teach in higher education by providing high-level, scholarly, and practice-based professional development to develop expertise in teaching, learning and assessment. It will equip participants with a range of skills, competencies, insights and capacities to bring the highest quality teaching, learning and assessment experiences to their students, while also managing and progressing their own scholarly careers.
The programme has a focus on engagement in best practice in teaching, learning and assessment and application of theory. It includes exploration of teaching identity, teaching philosophy, learning theories and their application to inclusive curriculum design in online, blended and in-person learning environments. It also supports critical reflection on practice as part of a community of scholars to encourage a lifelong commitment to continuing professional development.
The PGCert is taught over two semesters (Autumn to Spring).
On completion, participants can progress towards:
- A PGDip* in Learning Teaching and Assessment in Higher Education qualification (an additional 30 ECTs in Year 2 for 60 ECTS total) and a
- MA* in Learning Teaching and Assessment in Higher Education qualification (an additional 30 ECTs in Year 3 for 90 ECTS total).
NB The latter two courses are currently under development (Spring 2024) and are subject to approval by APRC and Academic Council.
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