Courses in the Series
Teaching in any context begins with creating a safe and inclusive learning environment. This includes understanding your own beliefs and values as an educator. Learn how to design education for a healthcare context that is respectful and inclusive. Take your learning to the next step and gain practical experience facilitating small groups of learners. Whether you teach in person or online, learn new skills or enhance your current skills to create the optimal learner experience.
The courses are designed to be taken as a complete series. Information and your learnings carry forward to the next micro-course in the series. You can take one or two of the micro-courses however we recommend attending all three to optimize your experience.
Note: Synchronous sessions are in Mountain Time (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada). Dates and times are determined by the course instructor.
The next offering of this series is in Fall 2024.
Instructor: Corinne Rogers
Fall 2024 Dates: August 27 and September 3, 10, 17
Times: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. (online)
The purpose of this course is to explore equity, diversity and inclusivity, and begin to develop an anti-racist conceptual tool that attends to equity, diversity and inclusivity; to guide an anti-racist pedagogy for working with individuals, communities, and systems. Course activities explore equity, diversity and inclusivity in knowledge, values and beliefs, ethics and action.
Instructor: Melanie Garrison
Fall 2024 Dates: October 1, 8, 15 and 22
Times: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. (online)
The purpose of this course is to explore and practice the design of health education for diverse and varied audiences. Reflective teaching practice will support identifying your frames, biases and ongoing improvement for your teaching and learning practice.
Instructors: Melanie Garrison and Cosette Lemlin
Fall 2024 Dates: November 5, 12, 19 and 26
Times: 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. (online)
The purpose of this course is to practice and demonstrate the delivery of an education session using a facilitation mindset and strategies. Reflecting on your role as an educator in the healthcare context will support integrating skills and attitudes from the course into your practice.
Time Commitment
Each course is approximately 15 hours and consists of 8 hours of synchronous (online at the same time) and approximately 7 hours of asynchronous, self-paced online modules (work at your own pace).
Grading
These courses are focused on student learning, so they are graded as Credit/No Credit.