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​Introductory Short Course in Health Professions Education (ISC-HPE)​

Faculty Development Course for Effective Curriculum, Teaching, and Assessment Practices.

ISC is a faculty development course that aims to strengthen evidence-based curriculum designing, teaching, assessment, and feedback practices to promote effective learning across clinical and non-clinical Health Professions Education (HPE). This course employs active learning instructional strategies to enable participants to think critically, discuss, and apply concepts. It includes group activities, role-plays, individual and group presentations that involve peer learning, gamification, and flipped classrooms with recorded lectures.

Course Duration: 

Two and a half days of a synchronous (online) course.​

Objectives of the Course:  

By the end of the course, participants should be able to: 

I. Curriculum

  • differentiate between the curricular components, curriculum models, and competencies. 
  • develop learning objectives. 

II. Teaching and Learning

  • develop a lesson plan incorporating different modes of engagement with at least one technology-enhanced learning (TEL) strategy.  
  • utilize principles for effective presentation skills. 
  • apply basic principles of small group learning, taking problem-based learning (PBL), team-based learning (TBL), and case-based integrated learning (CBIL) as specialized versions for pre-clinical & clinical years.
  • apply appropriate clinical teaching models 
  • provide effective and constructive feedback.

III. Assessment

  • identify characteristics of an assessment tool, considering the principles of its utility (validity, reliability, standardization, objectivity, educational impact & feasibility). 
  • ​construct & critique multiple choice questions (MCQs). 
  • construct & critique Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE).


​Course Team:


Dr Shanila Sohail | Course Director
Senior Instructor
Dept. for Educational Development
Aga Khan University
shanila.sohail@aku.edu​


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Dr Areej Azhar | Course Coordinator

Senior Instructor 
Dept. for Educational Development & PGME
Aga Khan University
areej.azhar@aku.edu

Course admin & Contact persons:​

Mr Ahsan Sheikh
Research Specialist, Dept. for Educational Development
Aga Khan University
Phone: (+92 21) 3486-2153
ahsan.sheikh@aku.edu​

Mr Samiullah Amanullah
Senior Assistant, Dept. for Educational Development​
Aga Khan University
Phone: (+92 21) 3486-4504
ahsan.sheikh@aku.edu​​​