UnitLevel 5Postgraduate

NUR5204 Education in health care practice

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

NUR5204 Education in health care practice is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2024 in Semester 1 at Peninsula. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
12
Offered in 2024
Semester 1
Peninsula
Assessment
No exam
4 tasks

This is the 2024 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Requisites

Before NUR5204

No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.

After NUR5204

No unit lists NUR5204 as a prerequisite in the 2024 handbook.

Enrolment rules

Must be enrolled in a Postgraduate degree

Overview

This unit will offer you an evidence base for contemporary teaching and learning practice of health care practitioners, within a context of continuous change. You will explore a range of theoretical underpinnings that impact upon the educational process in health care practice with emphasis placed on educational learning theories. You will apply theoretical learning to teaching practice through design, plan and delivery of a teaching practicum and reflecting on their role as a teacher within your own clinical practice. This unit will examine flexible and innovative teaching strategies for both classroom and clinical teaching and supervision experiences in a variety of contexts, including inter-professional education. After completion of this unit, you will be equipped with the knowledge and mastery of skills to respond to health care practitioners learning needs, in order to enhance engagement and educational experiences.

Offerings in 2024

Teaching periodCampusMode
First semesterPeninsulaFlexible

Assessment

  • Written assignment (3,500 words)Assignment
    30%
  • 30 minute oral presentation & written teaching practicum report (1,500 words)Presentation
    20%
  • 5 x Online forum posts of 200 words each (1,000 words)Participation
    10%
  • Teaching portfolio (4,500 words)Folio
    40%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Discuss recent trends within your health profession with particular reference to simulation, interprofessional and co-designing education with health care consumers.

  2. 2

    Critically evaluate and reflect on current and future educational roles and contexts that encompass education in health care practice.

  3. 3

    Investigate and critically analyse a range of educational learning theories and their potential application to health professions’ education.

  4. 4

    Apply evidence-based educational practices to plan, design and implement an education session for health care practitioners.

  5. 5

    Demonstrate competence as an educator, including critical self-reflection and evaluation of own teaching practice

  6. 6

    Contrast and critique contemporary teaching and learning methods for a range of clinical and academic education contexts.

  7. 7

    Describe and critique common workplace, clinical supervision and teaching models.

  8. 8

    Build your own teaching philosophy to demonstrate applied understandings and approaches to your own teaching practice.

  9. 9

    Develop and apply reflective skills through linking past and present learnings to future education in health care practice.

Workload and teaching

  • Tutorials30 hours

24 hours per week of teacher facilitated and self-directed learning including tutorials and online activities.

Please refer to Moodle for tutorial types and requirements.

Contacts

Chief Examiners
Associate Professor Gabrielle Brand
Unit Coordinators
Associate Professor Gabrielle Brand

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for NUR5204?

NUR5204 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.

When is NUR5204 offered?

In 2024, NUR5204 runs in Semester 1 at Peninsula.

Does NUR5204 have an exam?

No. NUR5204 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.

More details

Credit points
12
Level
5
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational unit
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.250
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Not available