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The Imperial WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Education and Training has developed an innovative Advanced Academic Training Course for medical and health professionals in academia worldwide.
The course encapsulates a variety of different skill development disciplines, including communication skills, students’ assessment, Master’s and Ph.D. examinations, and small-group learning. Modern teaching and research skills development are achieved through interactive learning and hands-on experience through highly advanced skill labs and attending undergraduate students’ clinical teachings in primary care, community, and hospital settings.
Download our brochure here: Advanced Academic Training Brochure 2024
The Advanced Academic Training dates are yet to be confirmed. If you would like to enrol, please contact us using our email at the top right of this webpage.
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Aim:
To provide advanced training in teaching (both at undergraduate and postgraduate level) and research methodology to the highest international standards, which is currently practised in the highest performing universities.
Objectives:
- Recognise modern medical undergraduate teaching and assessment, including problem-based learning and active, student-centred learning.
- Recognise postgraduate education and training for higher education training programmes
- Write a research proposal/ protocol; submit proposals for funding
- Incorporate health literacy principles into teaching to improve patient engagement and health outcomes.
- Design and conduct research projects that align with global academic standards, including writing and publishing in top-tier journals.
- Integrate AI and digital health tools into medical education for enhanced teaching and student assessments.
- Develop leadership and communication skills within academic institutions, including governance, finance, and stewardship.
- Employ social media marketing techniques to promote public health initiatives and engage broader communities in health education.
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Learning Methods:
- Interactive learning based on case studies, exercises, problem-solving and role-play
- Observing teaching activities/sessions in class, skill labs, community and clinical settings
- Health Literacy Workshops: Explore how to empower patients through improved communication
- Attending assessments (early-stage assessments), Master Exams, and PhD exams
- Conducting Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) and Objective Structured Public Health Examination (OSPHE), Objective Structured Long Examination Record (OSLER), Mini-‐Clinical Evaluation Exercise, Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS), Mini-‐Peer Assessment tool (Mini-‐ PAT)
- Setting up scenarios for Problem-Based Learning (PBL).
- Use of modern library (including electronic access to literature, information and data)
- Visiting clinical simulation centre and skill labs
- Practical sessions on writing high-impact papers and grant applications
- Social Media Strategy in Health: Engaging in health promotion via social media platforms.
- Meeting students and academics
- Assessing each candidate’s learning and leadership styles
- Selected candidates are placed in the Health Service to observe clinical work
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Comments from the 2014 group:
- “We hope to continue in this programme and teach as most of it as possible to the teaching staff in our country”
- “There are a lot of things I had learned: new methods of learning, small group teaching and the importance of research and the quality of the library”
- “I will apply the knowledge that I achieved in Imperial College. I will also change my behaviour with the students in the college of medicine in my country. For a long time I needed these (new) subjects and I will teach them in the future”
Comments from the 2013 group:
- “A very interesting teaching course of which I benefited more than expected.”
- “I will change my learning & teaching style or try to contribute to the reform of the education system in Iraq”
- “Teamwork will be the future of medicine. Public health, physicians or surgeries need to cooperate together for the benefit of patients and I will teach this to the students.”
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Contact our email or Ms Ela Augustyniak for more details.
Download our brochure here: Advanced Academic Training Brochure 2024