Using basic medical terminology
Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE - Lynn Huguenin
Approach
Using basic medical terminology is a collaborative, fully-online approach to e-learning with enrolments from all over Australia. The short course uses online and common communication tools to support learning and to encourage learners to work collaboratively while building their knowledge of vocabulary specific to the health industry.
Design
In the story Lynn describes how she delivers the course, talks about some of the challenges of facilitating a fully-online course and some solutions she has developed.
The learning design map describes a week of the course.
Features
- fully online
- collaborative learning approach
- incorporates audio files for pronunciation
- teacher's role as facilitator highly significant.
Further details
| Course | Basic Medical Terminology |
|---|---|
| Provider | Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE |
| Location | Based at Leongatha Campus , Victoria Delivered online across Victorian and interstate |
| Staff | Lynn Huguenin – teacher Bradley Beach – course developer |
| Competency | BSBMED201A: Use basic medical terminology in order to communicate with patients, fellow workers and health professionals. |
| Training package | BSB01 Business Services Training Package |
| Courseware | WebCT modules on the Victorian TAFE Virtual Campus, developed by Holmesglen TAFE for TAFE frontiers and available on CD as 'A Day at the Desk'. This course has been built on Use basic medical terminology to communicate |
| Features | Fully online Collaborative learning approach Incorporates audio files for pronunciation Role of teacher/trainer as facilitator is a highly significant part of the course |
| Comments | “In 2004 we are delivering over 130 000 SCH (50 000 solely online) to students from across Australia and internationally. Furthermore we have been able to develop the skills and knowledge required to provide flexible online learning solutions to industry, in particular the Health Insurance and Gas sectors. We are especially proud of the facilitated ‘student supported’ models of online learning, which have been developed and refined by our staff. The success of these models is evident by the 80–90% student completion rates for our solely online courses.” Brad Beach |
| More information | Course timeline (Word 69KB) |
