Educational planning

Description

This module aims to support candidates make informed decisions to develop curricula and plan curriculum evaluation in their own context.

Learning outcomes:

Upon completion of this module, participants will be able to:

• Describe the principles of educational planning.
• Describe the different types of academic organizational structure.
• Define and describe the various roles and responsibilities in the field of HPE.
• Describe the main types of policies and procedures that need to be identified and defined in HPE.
• Prepare effectively for the various types of learning and assessment activities.
• Describe the methods used for the monitoring and evaluation of learning and assessment activities.
• Apply the skills for leading and managing educational innovations and improvement
• Discuss and critique curriculum models and theories.
• Explain the SPICES model of medical education.
• Demonstrate understanding of the principles, rationale, and development of a contextual curriculum, including the role of culture in curriculum planning.
• Demonstrate understanding of the principles of integrated curriculum design.
• Describe the process of curriculum development, and the rationale for its stages.
• Demonstrate understanding of the challenges and methods of curriculum implementation
• Plan curriculum evaluation, on the basis of its theoretical and procedural underpinnings
• Consider the relationship between accreditation, quality, and curriculum.
• Define the terms aims, goals, outcomes and enabling objectives.
• Define Bloom’s taxonomy of educational adjectives.
• Define the terms curriculum development course and course design.
• Explain the process of course design.
• Conduct situational analysis for a unit in an educational program.
• Explain the need for, and the principles of educational prioritization.
• Conduct an educational prioritization analysis for course content.

Learning topics:

• Principles of educational planning
• Academic organizational structures
• Roles and responsibilities in HPE
• Policies and procedures in HPE
• Competency-based education
• Competency frameworks
• Curriculum design models & frameworks
• Curriculum Models and Theories
• Generic capabilities relating to teaching expertise (professional identity formation, team working, communication)
• The common graduate attributes
• Processes and methods of reflective practice
• Models of interprofessional education and their evidence base
• The six-steps model of curriculum design
• The Process of Curriculum Development
• Designing Integrated Curricula
• The Process of Curriculum Development
• Preparing for educational activities
• Key concepts and processes in curriculum design
• Teaching continuity planning
• Curriculum mapping & constructive alignment
• Course construction
• Managing the Curriculum
• Course and Curriculum Evaluation