INTAPT – Fostering Excellence in Clinical Teaching
INTAPT (Interprofessional Applied Practical Teaching and Learning in the Health Professions)
This live, online, ten-session survey course will provide clinical teachers and educators with the foundational competencies and skills needed to develop and teach educational programs. Participants will explore a wide-range of topics, have opportunities to develop practical approaches to teaching, and produce scholarly work.
Who:
- Busy clinicians
- Particularly useful for those teaching as field preceptors or supervisors in clinical settings
- Past participants have included nurses, physicians, pharmacists, dentists, occupational and physiotherapists, midwives, social workers and other health care practitioners
Program Dates: Participation includes online synchronous learning with group and individual work in-between sessions. All dates: 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
- October 22 - 23, 2020
- November 16 - 17, 2020
- December 7 - 8, 2020
- January 25 - 26, 2021
- February 25 - 26, 2021
Program description:
- Our goal is to help you teach and lead education programs more effectively and efficiently.
- The course provides an intensive overview of Clinical Education for the Health Professions, providing an evidence-based foundation for your roles as a Clinician Teacher and/or Clinician Educator.
- You will work independently and in small groups to complete a variety of learning activities in class and as homework between the two modules.
- You will be mentored by award-winning teachers from a variety of health professional backgrounds and meet and work with other enthusiastic teachers.
- Participants will produce scholarly work – including a poster, paper and workshop – that may be shared in other academic venues such as professional meetings, conferences or peer-review publication
- INTAPT comprises two of the four credits required for the Clinical Teacher Certificate and Graduate Studies credit (CHL5607H and CHL5608H) will be available for Masters/PhD students and where appropriate for applicants wishing to enter the MScCH program [Health Practitioner Teacher Education or other streams].
Learning Activities: Build competency and knowledge with plenty of opportunity for practice and feedback, skill development, networking and mentorship.
During the course you will:
- Acquire skills in writing effective learning objectives and learning contracts
- Strengthen your critical appraisal skills for books and articles on education
- Develop a proposal paper and present a virtual poster on solutions to address an education challenge you are facing
- Work with a team to develop and present an academic workshop
- Create a reflective ePortfolio of your work
For course content, application form, accommodation information and contact information online, visit: http://www.dfcm.utoronto.ca/prospectivelearners/prosfellowsgrads/afgsprogram/intapt.htm
For more information, further assistance and for registration please contact Ancy Jacob at healthteach.grad@utoronto.ca
Core Faculty: Judith Peranson, Abbas Ghavam-Rassoul, Helen P. Batty, Susanna Talarico, Marie Eason-Klatt, Nirtal Shah, Don Melady, Trish O’Brien, Shirley Lee, Baraa Alghalyini