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Advanced Practice in Surgical Education (MEDS90033)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 25Off Campus
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
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Overview
Availability | Semester 2 (Early-Start) - Off Campus |
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This subject provides Master of Surgical Education students with an opportunity to integrate learning from the Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma courses. It is a capstone activity in which students develop a surgical curriculum relevant to their surgical education practice. This activity enables students to apply theoretical knowledge gained through earlier course content.
The subject has two parts. First, the student conducts a needs assessment of stakeholders to establish the conditions and scope of the proposed curriculum. Second, students develop the curriculum considering all essential components. This must include program goals and outcomes, educational methods, target learners and their requisites, program content, faculty requirements, settings, equipment and other resources, assessment and an evaluation strategy. Depending on the nature of the curriculum, students may also include recruitment, selection, governance and other considerations.
Students will be expected to demonstrate effective academic writing skills in the presentation of their curriculum and high level communication skills in an oral presentation. Students will also be expected to reflect on their advanced educational practice through reflective writing.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Conduct a needs assessment with appropriate stakeholders for a new surgical curriculum
- Design a new surgical curriculum for the student's practice
- Apply theoretical concepts in the design of a new surgical curriculum
- Critically evaluate educational methods for use in a new curriculum (e.g. problem-based learning, simulator-based skills development etc.)
- Demonstrate application of specific curriculum components in a new surgical curriculum offering justification for decisions such as learning outcomes, lesson plans, assessment and evaluation strategies, governance etc.
- Demonstrate documentation and oral presentation of a curriculum
Generic skills
Academic Excellence
- The course will promote excellence in teaching and learning as a core skill in its students.
Knowledgeable across Disciplines
- This course will provide an opportunity to explore teaching and learning skills in a diverse range of media across a range of subject matter.
Leaders in Communities
- Students of this course will already have made the decision to become leaders in their own field. This course will allow them to participate in the education of the next generation of surgical specialists – sharing their skills and knowledge to improve health outcomes.
In this subject, students will demonstrate:
- Study skills using a range of educational methods – e.g. e-learning, discussion groups
- Research skills using library and other databases
- Academic reading skills
- Oral presentation skills including supportive textual/visual materials
- Academic writing
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
The core subjects must have been completed. That is:
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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MEDS90006 | Context of Surgical Education | January (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
MEDS90009 | Curriculum Design in Surgical Education | Semester 2 (Early-Start) (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
MEDS90008 | Educational Theory for Surgical Training | Semester 2 (Early-Start) (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
MEDS90007 | Learning & Teaching in Surgical Practice | January (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
MEDS90011 | Research Methods in Surgical Education | January (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
Students must have also completed five of the following elective subjects:
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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MEDS90012 | Recruitment and Selection in Surgery | Semester 2 (Early-Start) (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
MEDS90013 | Teaching Professionalism in Surgery | January (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
MEDS90014 | Managing Underperforming Trainees | Not available in 2024 |
12.5 |
MEDS90015 | Simulation in Surgical Education | January (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
MEDS90016 | Teaching Surgical Science | Not available in 2024 |
12.5 |
MEDS90017 | Educational Leadership in Surgery | Not available in 2024 |
12.5 |
MEDS90018 | Assessment and Evaluation in Surgery | Semester 2 (Early-Start) (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Written report on needs assessment
| Week 4 | 20% |
Oral presentation of curriculum
| Week 10 | 10% |
Written presentation of curriculum
| Week 11 | 60% |
Written reflection on the development of the curriculum
| Week 12 | 10% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 2 (Early-Start) - Off Campus
Principal coordinator Debra Nestel Mode of delivery Off Campus Contact hours Total time commitment 340 hours Teaching period 20 July 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 31 July 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Nestel, D., K. Dalrymple, J. Paige, and R. Aggarwal. Advancing Surgical Education - Theory, Evidence and Practice. Innovation and Change in Professional Education. Singapore: Springer Science+Business Media 2019.
Swanwick, T., K. Forrest, and B. O’Brien, eds. Understanding Medical Education: Evidence, Theory, and Practice. 3rd ed. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2019.
Last updated: 3 November 2022