Practical approaches to pedagogically rich online tutorials in health professions education
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Article Title | Practical approaches to pedagogically rich online tutorials in health professions education |
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ERA Journal ID | 13681 |
Article Category | Notes or commentaries |
Authors | Seymour-Walsh, Amy (Author), Weber, Anthony (Author) and Bell, Andy (Author) |
Journal Title | Rural and Remote Health |
Journal Citation | 20 (2) |
Article Number | 6045 |
Number of Pages | 6 |
Year | 2020 |
Publisher | James Cook University |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 1445-6354 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.22605/RRH6045 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.rrh.org.au/journal/article/6045 |
Abstract | Health professions education in tertiary, industrial and other contexts often entails face-to-face small group learning through tutorials. The current novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has reduced face-to-face contact, and this has challenged how health professionals and clinical students can access training, accreditation and development. Online and other remote mechanisms are available to tutors and course designers; however, they might not feel comfortable with such affordances, in light of expectations to so rapidly change familiar teaching and delivery styles. This may result in the loss of interaction and disruption of peer learning, which are hallmarks of the small group tutorial. Collaborative learning is essential to develop and refine an emerging sense of belonging to a professional community through formal studies, and interactive learning is a requirement for some registered health professions to satisfy ongoing professional accreditation. Online media has been used to promote social learning in regional, rural and remote communities for some time. Strategies for learning activity design and tutor training are proposed to equip course designers and educators to support health professions education remotely, through the synchronous, online small group. This may herald a new era of increased access to training and professional development for non-urban learners, beyond COVID-19. |
Keywords | distance learning, health professions education, online tutorial, peer learning, small group learning, social constructionism, social constructivism. |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390110. Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy |
320207. Emergency medicine | |
Byline Affiliations | Flinders University |
Central Queensland University | |
School of Health and Wellbeing | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q5w82/practical-approaches-to-pedagogically-rich-online-tutorials-in-health-professions-education
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