Course Description
Course Description:
Practitioners in various health professions often engage in teaching and learning roles, such as providing education to their clients, training a student during a clinical rotation, or educating their interdisciplinary teams about their discipline. In fact, it is now essential that health professionals engage in educational roles to provide and sustain high quality care. As the healthcare landscape continues to evolve, so does the role of educator in order to best meet a variety of diverse needs across various practice settings. However, a majority of practitioners’ education is focused on their discipline specific knowledge and skills needed to effectively evaluate and treat clients; leaving less time to understand how to effectively teach or to understand how people actually learn. This introductory course will be broad enough to (1) meet both of these needs or practitioners and educators and (2) to target many health professionals engaged in teaching and learning roles [e.g. occupational therapy, pharmacy, physical therapy, respiratory therapy, nursing]. The author will briefly introduce teaching and learning roles and discuss the importance of theory use to guide educational experiences. They will describe two relevant theories, give a picture of what these theories might look like in action, and apply each of these theories to actual practice and educational scenarios.
 Contact Hours: 1 |  |
 Target Audience: |
Instructional Level: Beginner |
BOC Level of Difficulty: Essential |
Accreditation Information:
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Course Goals & Objectives:
Course Goals:
The purpose of this basic, introductory course is to provide a brief discussion about the use of learning theories, a general overview of two learning theories, and discussion of case studies to foster understanding and application. Novice educators or practitioners would benefit from this course as they start to navigate teaching and learning scenarios with students, clients, families, and organizations.
Learning Outcomes:
After completing this course, the learner will be able to:
- Identify the importance of using theory to guide various teaching and learning experiences throughout professional practice
- Compare and contrast two contemporary learning theories.
- Apply contemporary learning theories to professional practice and education
- Recall teaching and learning strategies within a case study about professional practice
Disclosures:
Contact Hours: 1 contact hour in length (check your state’s approval status in the state-specific course catalog for your profession).
Target Audience: Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapist Assistant
Instructional Level: Basic
Criteria for Completion: Criteria for Completion: A score of 75% or more is considered passing. Scores of less than 75% indicate a failure to understand the material and the test will need to be taken again until a passing score has been achieved.
Personnel Disclosure:
Financial- Whitney Henderson, OTD, MOT, OTR/L is employed and receives a salary. She receives payment from Colibri Healthcare, LLC for the presentation of this course.
Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service
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Authors:
Whitney Henderson, OTD, MOT, OTR/L
Whitney Henderson, OTD, MOT, OTR/L is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree [2006] and Master’s degree [2008] in Occupational Therapy from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Clinical Doctorate degree in Occupational Therapy [2017] from Creighton University. Whitney possesses experience across a variety of settings primarily treating individuals with neurological conditions. She has been in academia for approximately 8 years and teaches a variety of content related to the evaluation and treatment of adults. She also supervises students in a pro-bono practicum clinic and engages in research related to neurological populations and professional education. Whitney has a variety of experiences related to teaching and learning. She has published a book titled Effective Teaching: Instructional Methods and Strategies for Occupational Therapy Education. She has also conducted 4 research projects, published 4 papers, created a 4-part continuing education model, presented more than 10 presentations, and received 1 grant related to teaching and learning topics. Whitney also mentors students in teaching practicums and has implemented many creative methods of teaching [e.g. plickers, podcast creation, TORSH, Flipgrid] throughout her courses. She owns a private consulting company which works with educators to rethink their teaching and learning practices.
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