Category: Students

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 →…
SAFRI 2011 (session 2) – day 3

Jun 27, 2011

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

assessment, clinical learning, clinical skills, curriculum alignment, educational models, portfolios, reflection

Began today with a session on workplace-based learning, spent some time “developing a model” for learning a new skill after actually trying to learn (what was for many) a new skill…spinning a top. My group came up with the following model which, truth be told was obviously based on Kolb’s learning cycle. Reviewed educational model…
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…
How do students perceive academic literacy?

May 30, 2011

in Assessment, Assignments, Ethics, Students

academic literacy, cheating, citation, plagiarism, referencing, research

Narrative means towards literacy understandings: exploring transformations within literacies and migrating identities Last week I attended a short seminar by Dr. Catherine Hutchings from UCT, who presented some of the results of her PhD study looking at academic literacy and student identity. Here are some notes I took during the seminar. How do students develop…
Basic presentation skills for postgraduates

May 26, 2011

in Conference, Research, Students

postgraduate, presentations, research, students

A few weeks ago I gave a presentation to our postgraduate students who were preparing to submit their Masters proposals. One of our requirements in the department is that any student wanting to submit a proposal must present to the the department for critical feedback. We want our proposals to be as strong as possible…
The use of innovative technology in clinical education

May 24, 2011

in PhD, Physiotherapy, Research, Social media, Students, Technology

clinical education, innovation, learning, presentation, prezi, teaching, technology

A few days ago I gave a presentation to our faculty on the use of innovative technologies in teaching practice with specific reference to clinical education. I’ve been using Prezi a bit because I wanted to explore alternative ways of doing presentations. Here it is: Innovative technology in clinical education on Prezi Note: the…
Workshop on Intended Learning Outcomes

Apr 6, 2011

in Assessment, Curriculum, Learning, Physiotherapy, Students, Teaching

assessment, curriculum alignment, learning, learning outcomes, level outcomes, module descriptors, SAQA, scholarship of teaching and learning, teacher, teaching

I’ve already mentioned that my institution has increased the emphasis on the scholarship of teaching and learning over the past few years, by placing it on an equal footing with research. This has forced all academics to reconsider their roles within the university, which many have resisted. Luckily (for me) I work in a department…
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…
Authenticity and vulnerability

Jan 14, 2011

in Learning, Students, Teaching

authenticity, brene brown, facebook, presentation, TED, vulnerability

Yesterday I posted a reflection on how I’m coming to realise that the personal and social aspects of myself are always present, even when I’m in professional mode. I discussed this as it related to connecting with students on Facebook and the possible benefits that might have for everyone involved. Coincidentally, I also came across…
Facebook, friends and students

Jan 13, 2011

in Ethics, Research, Students, Teaching

behaviour, facebook, for us all, friends, learning, private social network, saahe, social, social networking project, social networking research project, students, teaching

This is post is the first of what I hope will be several reflections on the softening boundaries between my social and professional lives, and how they influence each other. When I started teaching in the department about 3 years ago, I decided that I wouldn’t accept friend requests on Facebook from any of our…
Students’ languages and their associations

Aug 19, 2010

in Learning, Research, Students, Teaching

Brenda Leibowitz, code switching, Directorate of Teaching and Learning, genre, language, learning, seminar, teaching

Our Directorate of Teaching and Learning has organised a series of seminars over the next few months, with invited speakers from a variety of institutions across the country. They’ll be presenting on a range of topics, including academic literacy, integrating technology into teaching, working with large classes, teaching practices, and educational theory. I’ll also be…
Thoughts on social networking with 3rd year physio students

Jul 30, 2010

in PhD, Research, Students

facebook, internet access, phd, physiotherapy, reflection, reflective learning, research, safri, social network, social networking, social networks, students

Earlier this week I ran a workshop with our 3rd year physio students, as part of my SAFRI project where I’m looking at how participation in a social network can impact reflective learning practices in a community. Unlike the other workshops I’ve run, I’m going to be running this assignment, which will see the students…
The role of feedback in medical education

Apr 19, 2010

in Education, Learning, Students, Teaching

education, feedback, guidelines, mistakes, physiotherapist, qualifier, reflection, sharing, students, supervisor, teacher, Thomas More

This reflection on the role of feedback in education is based on a mailing list discussion as part of the SAFRI programme, as well as on a few of the assigned readings. I thank the organisers of the session, as well as all the participants in the conversation. Guidelines for effective feedback The assigned readings…
Discussion on research supervision

Apr 14, 2010

in Research, Students

feedback, phd, postgraduate, project management tool, research, research supervisor, supervision, supervisor, undergraduate

In my department we have bi-monthly research meetings, where we report back on our research activities (we get dedicated research time and so need to account for how we’ve used that time). We’ve recently changed the format of the meeting to include a topical discussion or presentation, rather than simply reporting progress back to the…
Some thoughts on assessment in the Ethics module

Apr 12, 2010

in Assessment, Ethics, Students

assessment, ethics, exams, feedback, formative, physiotherapist, summative, the Ethics module This post

This post is a result of a few short notes I made on my phone a few months ago, and then forgot about. I came across it the other day and thought I’d put it up here. The way we currently assess students has no equivalent in practice. For some of our modules (e.g. Management),…
Predictably irrational: decision-making in teaching

Feb 21, 2010

in Education, Ethics, Research, Students

assessment, cognitive domain, community of inquiry, dan ariely, drafting, emotion, irrational decisions, moral decision, predictably irrational, procrastination, social domain, social norms, teaching and learning practice, TED, writing

I’m busy reading Dan Ariely’s Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions, and wanted to share some of the takeaway points that made me think about how I could change my own teaching practice. I haven’t finished the book yet, so I may update this post when I do. The premise of the…
Giving students a voice in Physiotherapy Ethics

Nov 23, 2009

in Assignments, Education, Physiotherapy, Students

Basil Buthelezi, energy, ethics, example, healthcare, higher education, physiotherapy education, physiotherapy ethics, poem, professional ethics, student voices

I’ve been going through some of the “Professional Ethics” assignments I received from our third year physiotherapy students, and wanted to share this one with you (with the students’ permission). It was written by Basil Buthelezi, and which I think really showcases the wonderful talents our students have, which we would never usually encounter because…
4th year research presentations

Oct 12, 2009

in Research, Students

confidence, presentations, research, students

Just got back from watching 6 groups of 4th year physiology students present the results or their research projects at a competition. There were a few things that struck me: The “examiners” were all clinicians with few research credentials Many of the the students who presented had little understanding of the results they presented, especially…