From Academia to the Clinic: Practical Teaching and Assessment Skills for Medical Radiation Science Clinical Educators

Facilitator(s): John Ryan, Katherine Metzger, Angelina Piccolo, Frances Gray, Nicholas Daw

Synopsis: This practical, interactive workshop is designed for Medical Radiation Practitioners involved in clinical and professional education across the career continuum. Participants will explore how clinical environments can support learning and development, from students and early-career practitioners through to ongoing professional development. The workshop will consider establishing expectations, creating learning opportunities, supporting progressive independence, and embedding supervision, assessment, feedback and reflection into everyday practice.

Through case-based activities and peer discussion, participants will examine common educational challenges and practical approaches to supporting learning within busy clinical environments. The workshop will also explore collaboration and learning cultures across universities and clinical departments.

Audience: Clinical educators and supervisors at all levels of experience, including:

• No formal clinical education qualification is required.
• Early career practitioners beginning to supervise students
• Medical Radiation Practitioners undertaking regular clinical supervision
• Experienced clinical educators
• Practitioners involved in workplace-based assessment
• Clinical-academic liaison staff
• Practitioners interested in developing their teaching, supervision and leadership capabilities

Learning outcomes: 

• Describe how adult learning principles, learner development and workplace culture influence learning within Medical Radiation Sciences clinical environments.
• Identify practical approaches to creating environments that support learning across different stages of education and professional practice.
• Apply feedback, questioning and communication strategies to common clinical education scenarios.
• Develop an approach for strengthening learning within their own clinical environment, considering expectations, opportunities for learning, supervision, feedback, reflection and collaboration.