The Gateway Course: An Introduction to Medical Education

This course is a free staff development course offered to all staff involved in the teaching of The University of Sheffield, Undergraduate Medical Students.

Places Available

Numbers are restricted to 30 delegates per course to provide optimal educational opportunities. The course is offered entirely online. This allows maximum flexibility to participants while offering an engaging experience with opportunity to interact with tutors and colleagues around the topics offered.

Fee

This course is free of charge as this is a staff development course only for those teaching the Undergraduate Medical Students at The University of Sheffield.

Time required

We estimate the time requirement is around 2-3 hours per two week session.

Completion

When you have completed all of the sessions we will issue you with Certificate of Completion to evidence that you have successfully completed the course and 15 hours of study.

The Faculty

The faculty for the Gateway Course are all members of the Academic Unit of Medical Education. They are experienced in providing long and short courses in healthcare education, within the UK and internationally.

Session	Start Date	End Date	Tutor
Approaches to Teaching	Fri 02 Oct 20	Thu 15 Oct 20	Paul Jinks
Educational Theory	Fri 16 Oct 20	Thu 29 Oct 20	Andrew Stork
Teaching in Clinical Practice	Fri 30 Oct 20	Thu 12 Nov 20	Amir Burney
Assessment and Feedback	Fri 13 Nov 20	Thu 26 Nov 20	Denise Thwaites
Curriculum Development	Fri 27 Nov 20	Thu 10 Dec 20	Pirashanthie Vivekananda-Schmidt

FULLY BOOKED

The next round of Gateway due to start in October 2020 is now fully booked. The next course will run during Spring 2021 and a date for the booking form will be advertised on here as soon as have a confirmed timetable.

Contact Details

Gail Hible
Learning & Teaching Administrator
Academic Unit of Medical Education
The University of Sheffield
Beech Hill Road
Sheffield S10 2RX

Email: med-ed@sheffield.ac.uk