Evaluation and Management in Medical Education (P00986)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : MED-P-P00986

This course will focus on the significance of evaluation in education management in the following aspects:
- Self-evaluation: self-management by objectives; personal targets and performance indicators; feedback from students and peers; reflective practice.
- Course evaluation: establishing the basis of enquiry; use of questionnaires and student focus groups; evaluation and educational ethos; quality control and quality assurance; presenting evidence and 'completing the loop'.
- Institutional review and evaluation: quality assurance procedures, influence of roles of authorities such as the Higher Education Funding Councils, and recommendations by the General Medical Council in guidelines such as 'Tomorrows Doctors'.
- Influence of quality assurance and accountability on institutional policy and procedures in curriculum planning and also government policy, such as equal opportunities and diversity.
- Importance of accountability related to Additional Cost of Teaching (ACT) in undergraduate medical education, Full Time Equivalent (FTE) funding, and demonstrating 'added value' and value for money.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Medical Education, (Medicine, Schedule R)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : To be arranged/Unknown

? Contact Teaching Time : 9 hour(s) per week for 4 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course the student should be able to conduct exercises in self-evaluation, course evaluation and be able to contribute to a quality assurance exercise or an institutional educational review.

The students should also be able to enter into informed discussions about accountability and the effective demonstration of 'value for money' in relation to government funding.

Assessment Information

The course will be assessed by one piece of coursework. This will amount to 100% of the assessment. The participants will design a short evaluation questionnaire, and will be given some evaluation data to consider. They will be asked to decide what course of action to take, from the data provided.