Teaching and Learning in Clinical Education

Course overview

Clinical education in healthcare settings is a collaborative learning process that benefits both students and clinical instructors. It is most effective when approached as a partnership though achieving this partnership can be challenging. This course provides clinical instructors and mentors with the knowledge needed to create a rewarding and enriching clinical education experience for their students and newly graduated professionals. This course explores various components of clinical education ranging from foundational frameworks of clinical learning and methods for determining a students or newly graduated professionals clinical competency to clinical reasoning and learning theories. Each section of the course sheds light on different aspects of clinical education to help clinical instructors create tailored and unique learning experiences that support learners to meet their professional potential. This course is designed to empower clinical instructors to select appropriate teaching and assessment tools that best suit each student and clinical setting.This course aims to provide clinical instructors with the theoretical and practical knowledge needed to foster professional learning in their students in the fast paced healthcare environment.