Category: Education

SAAHE conference, 2011 – day 3

Jul 2, 2011

in Assessment, Conference, Education, Learning, Research, Students, Teaching

adult learning theories, assessment, community of practice, cop, david taylor, jack boulet, learning theories, phelophepa, reflection, simulated patients, simulation, standardised patients, train of hope, wenger

Today was the last day of the SAAHE conference. Coming as it did immediately after a week of the SAFRI programme, I can’t say I’m not glad it’s over. It’s been an amazing experience though, mostly as a result of the wonderful health educators I’ve been fortunate enough to meet. Here are the last of…
SAAHE conference, 2011 – day 2

Jul 2, 2011

in Conference, Education, Health, Learning, Students, Teaching, Workshop

adult learning, assessment, charles boelen, david taylor, flexner, models, saahe 2011, social accountability, theories of learning

Social accountability: the mark of excellence in health professional education by Charles Boelen Moved from interrogation → an assertion What is a health professional? Flexner’s report changed the scope of medical education by introducing a scientific background, especially in education Medical education should be patriotic (Flexner) Educating → health professionals → for a strategy →…
Social networks and clinical education: presentation at SAAHE

Jul 1, 2011

in Assignments, Conference, Education, Physiotherapy, Research, Social media

clinical dilemmas, clinical education, clinical learning, practice knowledge, presentation, reflective practice, saahe 2011, social media

My presentation at the SAAHE conference is a more in-depth look at the same project that I presented at the conference in 2010. The key points I wanted to make were that: Students struggle to develop practice knowledge because it is hidden from them i.e. they can’t “see” our thinking process as we reason our…
SAAHE conference, 2011 – day 1

Jun 30, 2011

in Assessment, Assignments, Conference, Education, Ethics, Health, Research, Teaching

concept mapping, ebm, ebp, evidence based practice, future of health science education, reflection, reflective journaling, saahe 2011, student perceptions, teaching and learning

Introduction by Dr. Lionel Green-Thompson A country whose health is fragile The future of health science education: 2020 vision by Prof. Athol Kent “After an introduction like that I can’t wait to hear myself speak” It’s not the strongest or fittest who survive but the ones who are most adaptable to change Who will our…
SAFRI 2011 (session 2) – day 4

Jun 29, 2011

in Assessment, Curriculum, Education, Research, Teaching

angoff method, assessment, clinical assessment, faimer, mini-cex, objective structured clinical exam, osce, reliability, safri, standard setting, validity

Reliability and validity Validity Important for assessment, not only for research It’s the scores that are valid and reliable, not the instrument Sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of the parts e.g. when a student gets all the check marks but doesn’t perform competently overall e.g. the examiner can tick each competency being…
SAFRI 2011 (session 2) – day 2

Jun 27, 2011

in Assessment, Curriculum, Education, Learning, Research, Students, Teaching, Workshop

assessment, curriculum development, curriculum planning, faimer, feedback, learning, safri

“Teach” a group of colleagues about “Assessment”. Here are some notes I took in preparation for a 5 minute teaching session What is assessment? “Defines for students what is important, what counts, how they will spend their times and how they will see themselves as learners. If you want to change student learning, then change…
SAFRI 2011 (session 2) – day 1

Jun 27, 2011

in Conference, Education, Learning, Research, Students, Teaching, Workshop

clinical reasoning, dual processing theory, faimer, saahe 2011, safri

A few days ago we began the second SAFRI* session of 2011, which will lead into the SAAHE conference** later in the week. Every day I take notes and will try to put them up as we go along bearing in mind that a lot of what we do is workshop-based. The notes are a…
Strategies to improve clinical teaching: a workshop

Jun 13, 2011

in Assessment, Education, Learning, Physiotherapy, Students, Teaching, Workshop

assessment, assessment practices, clinical education, clinical educator, clinical learning, clinical reasoning, clinical supervision, clinical supervisor, learning theories, students

On Saturday I attended a workshop at Groote Schuur hospital that had the aim of providing “…clinicians with the opportunity to improve their ability to facilitate learning in clinical practice”. Objectives included improving the understanding of theories of learning, methods of enhancing learning and assessment practices and the role of assessment in learning. I was…
Why open licensing benefits everyone

Jun 7, 2011

in Assignments, Education, Open access, Physiotherapy, Research, Social media, Technology

collaboration, open access, openphysio, physiopedia, publication, sharing

In 2009 I started an online physiotherapy encyclopaedia called OpenPhysio. It was a space for me to run a few assignments with my 4th year students at the time, as well as a bit of an experiment to see what would happen i.e. would physiotherapists and physiotherapy students automatically create and edit an online physiotherapy…
Teaching a practical Movement Science class

Mar 29, 2011

in Assessment, Curriculum, Education, Physiotherapy, Students, Teaching

curriculum, experimentation, learning, movement analysis, movement science, physiotherapy, practical, teaching

This is the first year that I’ve taught Movement Science (i.e. analysis of movement), which was daunting at first as I wasn’t familiar with it. In addition, the module content was almost entirely in hardcopy, so I’ve been typing away like crazy to get it all into a digital format. The practical component of the module…
Developing cases for Problem-Based Learning

Mar 14, 2011

in Education, Health, PhD, Teaching, Workshop

case-based studies, cases, data representation, Ethel Stanley, founder, gapminder, hans rosling, Margaret Waterman, pbl, phd, problem based learning, research, statistics, student products, teacher, TED, workshop

Workshop on the development of case-based studies Facilitators: Dr. Ethel Stanley, Dr. Margaret Waterman Part of my PhD will be to look at alternative approaches to clinical education, including uses cases in problem-based learning (PBL). My specific interest is in the use of emerging technology to design and teach with those cases in small groups.…
SAFRI residential session

Mar 11, 2011

in Education, PhD, Physiotherapy, Research, Social media, Teaching

africa, ethics, medical education, palliative care physician, physiotherapy, research, saahe, safri, Worcester

I’ve recently finished the second residential session of SAFRI, a programme for the development of research in medical education in Africa. I spent a big part of 2010 working on my SAFRI project (link to project notes), which I’ll be presenting at this years SAAHE conference in Potchefstroom. One of the main assignments for this session…
Using social networks to develop reflective discourse in the context of clinical education

Mar 10, 2011

in Assignments, Conference, Education, Ethics, Health, PhD, Physiotherapy, Research, Social media, Technology

clinical reasoning, ethical reasoning, facebook, health professional education, healthcare professional students, medical education, online discussions, poster, reflection, reflective discussion, research, saahe, safri, social network, social networks, teacher

My SAFRI project for 2010 looked at the use of a social network as a platform to develop clinical and ethical reasoning skills through reflective discussion between undergraduate physiotherapy students. Part of the assignment was to prepare a poster for presentation at the SAAHE conference in Potchefstroom later this year, which I’ve included below. I…
Constructive alignment workshop

Sep 17, 2010

in Assessment, Education, Learning, PhD

constructive alignment, constructivism, Delphi, James Garraway, john biggs, lecturer, Level, structure of observed learning outcomes, teacher

Constructive alignment workshop – Dr. James Garraway I attended a workshop this morning looking at constructive alignment, with the view to relating it to the work I’ll be doing on my PhD next year. The second of my objectives is to do an analysis of our undergraduate curriculum and then do a Delphi study evaluating…
Why I’m proud of my institution

Aug 26, 2010

in Education

conflict, dispute, finance, Rector, reflection, student concerns, Vice-Chancellor

I work at a university with a long history of opposing injustice and inequity, and I really do believe that working here makes a positive contribution to progress in the country. Sadly, during the last few weeks we’ve been associated less with a vision for uplifting our people, and more with chaos and dispute. I…
SAAHE – Social networks and reflective practice in clinical education

Jul 24, 2010

in Conference, Education, Health, Research

clinical education, clinical practice, Michael Rowe, practice knowledge, presentation, reflection, reflective practice, research, saahe, social networks

Here is my presentation from the SAAHE conference. Social networks and reflective learning View more presentations from Michael Rowe.
SAAHE workshop – Curricular alignment. What does it mean?

Jul 23, 2010

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curricular alignment, Debbie Murdoch-Eaton, Miller’s pyramid, pence, Professor, saahe, workshop

Presented by Professor Debbie Murdoch-Eaton. If you don’t know where you’re going, you’re probably not going to get there. A clear vision of the intended outcomes should drive every aspect of teaching, learning and assessment Outcomes must be clear because they will determine your teaching methods, and will also direct assessment Preparing students for their…
SAAHE – short oral presentations

Jul 23, 2010

in Conference, Education, Health, Research

assessment, Botswana, cognitive processing strategies, deeper cognitive processing, oral presentations, portfolio management, portfolios, saahe, teacher

Assessment challenges in UG medical education (GG Mokane) Medical school in Botswana is spiral, integrated, community based and problem-based, but the rest of the university is didactic Format, content, timing and feedback are important components of assessment Assessment in this course has an emphasis on 3 types of MCQ’s Matching Single best answer True/false (multiple…
SAAHE keynote – How to construct a medical curriculum that matters

Jul 23, 2010

in Conference, Education, Health, Research

clinical education, clinical settings, healthcare environment, healthcare learning environment, healthcare setting, herman von rossum, Professor, saahe, suitable healthcare events

Presentation by Professor Herman von Rossum. In preclinical years, you insert learning stimuli from the context of application (i.e. a clinical environment) into the educational learning environment. In clinical years, you insert education moments into the healthcare environment In constructing a curriculum, you must first determine the health needs of a society, then determine the…
SAAHE keynote – What generic skills do students bring with them?

Jul 23, 2010

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Debbie Murdoch-Eaton, generic skills, graduate attributes, murdoch-eaton, No, Professor, saahe, stress management, teacher, time management, United Kingdom

This is the presentation from Professor Debbie Murdoch-Eaton. What impacts do we have on students life ambitions? Workers with general / transferable skills are better placed to succeed in a global knowledge economy. The skills need not be specific to the discipline The attributes are not only about economic drivers i.e. getting a job…they are…