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Unit of Study TCH93001 - Teaching and Supervision in a Clinical Setting (2016)

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Unit description

Develops knowledge and skills centred on the preparation and delivery of professional experience education for nursing and other health disciplines. Explores issues pertinent to the facilitator’s responsibilities in balancing an optimal education experience for the student with quality professional advice and services.  Analyses and synthesizes a range of contemporary adult learning theories which are integrated into the unit through discussion and reflection.

Unit content

Topic 1: The broad landscape of professional experience learning in a clinical setting

Topic 2. Managing the learning environment for patient safety

Topic 3. Teaching and applying critical reflection of professional experience education

Topic 4. The inclusion of the patient’s voice in professional experience education

Topic 5. Providing and monitoring the students’ application of the feedback they are provided

Topic 6. Assessing students’ work at the point of patient care

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Location Domestic International
SCU Online Study Period 5 Study Period 5

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 compare and contrast the difference between supervising and facilitating learning in professional placements
2 critically analyse ways in which facilitating learning supports patient safety, patient centred-care and student-centred teaching
3 evaluate the features of effective feedback that encourages students to reflect on their knowledge, skills, behaviours and clinical practice methodologies

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. compare and contrast the difference between supervising and facilitating learning in professional placements
    • GA1:
  2. critically analyse ways in which facilitating learning supports patient safety, patient centred-care and student-centred teaching
    • GA3:
  3. evaluate the features of effective feedback that encourages students to reflect on their knowledge, skills, behaviours and clinical practice methodologies
    • GA6:

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