The Education Development Unit (EDU) in the Department of Health Sciences Education (Faculty of Health Sciences) at UCT, invite you to attend a short course on Teaching, Learning and Assessment.

The course is offered at no cost to educators responsible for teaching health sciences students at UCT.

The course aims to prepare educators of health sciences students to facilitate learning, through developing their knowledge base of educational principles as well as supporting the integration of the concepts learned.The course consists of two modules which are facilitated. Module 1, with a focus on best evidence teaching and Module 2, centres on assessment of student learning. In the first week of each module there is a compulsory contact session, there after you may choose to sign up for the topics in the remaining weeks that are most applicable to you.

Participants will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the course or continuing professional development (CPD) points. To receive CPD, participants need to demonstrate activity online within the week they have registered through accessing the weekly activities which could be any of the following: articles, web pages, power points, responding to questions online, communicating with peers, creating blogs when required and participation in discussion/workshops when scheduled. A UCT certificate on completion is also available.

Applications close on 23 March 2023 for Module 1.

Please view the course brochure here for more information.

For more information on the course email or call the administrator Shaneel Nutt on shaneel.nutt@uct.ac.za or Tel: 021 650 5426