Becoming a Clinical Educator

Offered by Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences and the Department for Continuing Education, the Becoming a Clinical Educator course is an introduction into the world of current postgraduate clinical education. It gives participants a working knowledge of how to design, conduct and evaluate teaching and training for postgraduate clinicians, and how to assess curricula and teaching programmes, in medical and surgical environments.

This clinical education training course helps participants understand the principles and reasoning behind modern training and assessment methods while developing the skills needed to embark on a career pathway where roles as an educator and trainer form an important part.

The course explores:

• Theory of adult learning, especially those relevant to medicine and surgery
• The value of different teaching methods
• Simulation in training
• Principles of valid assessment, including summative assessments and appraisal
• Design of syllabi and assessment for doctors and surgeons in training
• The principles behind curriculum development.

It features face-to-face seminars, tutorials and surgical simulation, as well as lectures by guest experts.

Class sizes are kept small to allow full interaction with tutors. Study before and after the course is supported by a rich virtual learning environment.

Previous guest speakers have included:

• Anthony Bradlow, Head of the Oxford School of Medicine, Oxford Deanery
• Richard Canter, Head of the School of Surgery, Severn Deanery
• Jill Fresen, Senior Learning Technologist, IT Services, University of Oxford
• Ashok Handa, Reader in Surgery, University of Oxford
• Jeremy Noble, Head of the School of Surgery, Oxford Deanery
• Adrian Stokes, Director of Continuing Professional Development, University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education.

The course fees for 2022 are currently to be confirmed.