Monash Pharmacy Education Symposium 2013
Teaching for Learning: 8-10 July, 2013
The Monash University 2013 Pharmacy Education Symposium presented a unique opportunity to explore teaching and learning in the modern pharmacy curriculum.
A range of methodologies were explored in the framework of new technologies, socially networked students, institutional realities and emerging understandings of learning.
Topics for discussion included:
- Active learning techniques versus traditional teaching methods, and other methods for effective undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
- Achieving equivalent learning outcomes for small and large groups
- The learning-technology interface
- Evaluating teaching, resources and learning outcomes
- Teaching methods to develop life-long learning skills in students
- Student-centred teaching methods for effective pharmacy education
- Peer-assisted learning.
Plenary presentations
- Zubin Austin:
Of horses and water: Learner engagement with pharmacy curricula [.pdf, 309 kB] - Ian Bates:
Of horses and water: Learner engagement with pharmacy curricula [.pdf, 309 kB]
Educating pharmacists on their journey from intern to advanced practitioner - Tina Brock:
Performance-based learning... the Top Gear Approach [.pdf, 1.51 MB]
Using the virtual environment to link teaching and learning: A trip to the zoo [.pdf, 2.12 MB] - Neil Cottrell:
Perspectives on interprofessional student learning in a simulated clinical environment [.pdf, 6.99 MB] - Darrell Evans:
Better teaching, better learning - a continual challenge for Pharmacy
Defining the role of a virtual learning environment for student learning? - Kirstie Galbraith:
Educating pharmacists on their journey from intern to advanced practitioner - Barrie Kellam:
Abandoning the silos....an integrated approach to pharmacy education [.pdf, 2.17 MB] - Ian Larson:
Active Learning Masterclass [.pdf, 952 kB] - Andrew McLachlan:
The way and why of teaching [.pdf, 3.85 MB] - P.K. Rangachari:
Active Learning Masterclass [.pdf, 952 kB]
Provocation-based learning [.pdf, 1.60 MB] - Paul White:
Active Learning Masterclass [.pdf, 952 kB]
Program
Day 1, 8 July 2013 |
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Event | Event title | Presenter |
Plenary session 1: Teaching for learning in pharmacy |
Better teaching, better learning - a continual challenge for Pharmacy? | Darrell Evans |
The way and why of teaching | Andrew McLachlan | |
Plenary session 2: Maximising opportunities for learning on campus |
Abandoning the silos....an integrated approach to pharmacy education | Barrie Kellam |
Provocation-based learning | P.K. Rangachari | |
Performance-based learning... the Top Gear Approach | Tina Brock | |
Plenary session 3: Education Innovation Forum |
Active Learning Masterclass with demonstrations of pre-, during and post-class learning activities | P.K. Rangachari Ian Larson Paul White |
Day 2, 9 July 2013 |
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Plenary session 4: Teaching for learning online |
Using the virtual environment to link teaching and learning: A trip to the zoo | Tina Brock |
Defining the role of a virtual learning environment for student learning? | Darrell Evans | |
Plenary session 5: Hypothetical Group Discussion |
'Of horses and water: Learner engagement with pharmacy curricula' |
Zubin Austin |
Workshops | Workshop details: abstracts and learning objectives | |
Symposium dinner | Hosted at La Limonaia | |
Day 3, 10 July 2013 |
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Plenary session 6: Teaching for learning in the workplace |
Perspectives on interprofessional student learning in a simulated clinical environment | Neil Cottrell |
Educating pharmacists on their journey from intern to advanced practitioner | Ian Bates Kirstie Galbraith |
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Workshops | Workshop details: abstracts and learning objectives. There will be two workshop sessions running |
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Closing session |
Summary of Symposium discussions | Andrew McLachlan |
Official close | Prizes and thank you |