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PTY-30124 - Module Specification
School of Allied Health Professions and Pharmacy
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

For academic year: 2026/27 Last Updated: 16 September 2026

PTY-30124 - Learning and Teaching in Healthcare
Coordinator: Emma Woodhouse
Lecture Time:
Level: Level 6
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office:

Programme/Approved Electives for 2026/27

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2026/27

The Learning and Teaching in Healthcare module builds on content introduced in Year 1 and 2 of the MSci Physiotherapy programme and enables you to recognise and implement best practice in teaching and education within clinical practice.
You will have the opportunity to develop and evaluate a learning resource inspired from specific aspects of practice experience.
The module aims to prepare you to work in diverse settings whilst also developing transferable skills (such as giving and receiving effective feedback, recognising best practice in education, evaluating practice) that can be applied in a variety of healthcare settings and specialities.

Aims
This module aims to:
- Enable the students to evaluate approaches to learning and teaching and their application in their own development, the supporting of peers and the management of physiotherapy patients.
- Develop the skills to effectively and efficiently plan, deliver and evaluate education in a healthcare setting.

Intended Learning Outcomes

explore and evaluate the effectiveness of different approaches in teaching and learning: 1,2
plan, deliver and evaluate effective feedback: 1,2
implement and critique the principles of learning technology within healthcare: 1,2
critically evaluate the characteristics of good practice in teaching and learning: 1,2
create an effective learning resource and justify its application in a specified setting: 1,2
contribute to effective group working and evaluate performance of self and others: 1,2

Study hours

Total active learning 30 hours
- 30 hours of In-situ teaching which may include lectures (~20), workshops (~4), seminars (~3), tutorials (~1) and 2 hours of assessment preparation classes.
120 hours of independent study
- includes 9 hours of protected time for students to meet following their teaching to apply content taught to their project (digital resource)

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Group Assessment weighted 20%
Digital Learning resource
Students will work in small groups of 7-8 students to create a digital learning resource that should take the user no more than 10minutes to read, watch or listen to. The topic for the resource is determined by and agreed within the group, and then approved by the ML. The resource's intended population can be patients or student physiotherapists. Students can choose from a variety of different formats including a presentation (recorded or not), leaflet, infographic, poster, video, blog/vlog or podcast. Students will have the chance to use the different platforms within the teaching sessions as well as being given video links to support the use of the different platforms, e.g. how to voiceover a presentation. Students are given protected time within the module for group work and given video instructions of how to upload their resource. All students in each group are required to submit the groups digital resource. This is to ensure they have the required digital literacy skills required in year 4. Any students who do not submit will have this group component capped at 40% in the assignment passes.

2: Report weighted 80%
Individual Report 2000 words
Students submit an individual written report including: - 500 word micro-reflection of the performance of self and others in the group work component to assess the students ability to work in small groups. - 1500 word report on the development and justification of a learning resource after producing the resource as part of a small group activity (approx 4-8 students).

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 16 September 2026