About TIPS

The two-day Nottingham Medical School TIPS course has now been running for twelve years and has trained over 950 members of academic and NHS staff in basic teaching skills. The course is an intensive 2-day workshop, usually for 12 participants. Although it teaches generic skills the course is orientated towards health professionals and uses bio-medical and clinical examples. It includes the following sessions:

• Theories of learning
• Using Learning Objectives
• Using questioning techniques
• Structuring learning episodes
• Microteaching (1) with group & individual feedback
• Teaching methods
• Evaluating teaching
• Assessing learning
• Microteaching (2) with group & individual feedback

The course uses a variety of teaching techniques:

• formal teaching & small group discussions
• active group work
• analysing and discussing teaching videos
• practising teaching skills & individual presentations
• evaluating one’s own and others’ teaching
• receiving and discussing feedback on teaching & giving feedback to others

Upon completion of the two-day course participants should have the knowledge and skills enabling them to:

1. Differentiate between teacher-centred ‘teaching’ and student-centred ‘learning’.
2. Formulate learning objectives within the domains of knowledge, skills and attitudes appropriate to students at different stages.
3. Plan and organise a presentation.
4. Apply presentation techniques.
5. Formulate questions which promote thinking and active learning.
6. Use stimulating teaching methods which encourage active learning.
7. Analyse teaching using a check-list.
8. Assess student learning.
9. Evaluate one’s own and other’s teaching behaviours.
10. Give constructive and sensitive feedback to another teacher
11. Participate in Peer Evaluation teaching schemes.

[NB: Due to constant high demand for places, we regret that the course fee is non-refundable. Should you be unable to attend, you may send a substitute but do please let us know if this is the case.]

To reserve a place on the course, or to obtain further details, please contact: BR-Tips-tacs@exmail.nottingham.ac.uk.