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THE EuTEACH CURRICULUM : RUNNING YOUR SESSION
An example of the detailed planning of a 3 hours EuTEACH session is provided for module A1, which contains both the detailed planning of the session as well as the corresponding slides, which are available either as powerpoint presentation or as a pdf file. Please feel free to use this example, either as a A1 session, or as an example for the organisation of any other course based on a EuTEACH module.
Once the training needs assessment has been made, it is easy to select the main training objectives and to plan each session.
There are specific recommendations which will help the teachers to improve the quality and impact of each session:
- Choosing the appropriate environment
The ideal size of the audience is between 20 and 30 participants. More than 30 participants does not allow for a real interactive session. To allow for an interactive atmosphere, the audience should if possible not be placed in a row but in a right-angle arrangement or in circle, so that everyone sees everyone.
As part of the work should be performed within small groups, there should be extra smaller meeting rooms available.
The experience gained from the summer school courses suggest that having coffee breaks and lunch on site is extremely helpful, enabling conversations and exchanges to continue during the entire day.
- Introducing the course
A one hour session should be dedicated, at the beginning of the course, to allow the participants and the teachers to present themselves, to outline the results of the needs assessment, to discuss the objectives and planning of the session as well as the timeframe. The interactive approach used in EuTEACH training sessions should be emphasized.
- Monitoring the pace and timeframe of the course
Using interactive methodologies is fruitful but needs time. In planning the sessions, the person in charge of the course should carefully balance the needs for plenary and small group sessions as well as the balance between lectures and questions and answer period, video or role play sessions, etc.
Because several teachers will be involved in the different sessions most of the time, it is advisable that one tutor is present for the entire duration of the course to comment on the various presentations and to make links between various issues. This person is also responsible that the timeframe is respected (allow for enough breaks, and time for lunch !)
Usually, it is the person in charge of the organisation of the course who takes over this task, but these responsibilities can be shared between two persons.
- Enabling interaction
The person who is in charge of monitoring the course should make sure that the course is interactive, that the participants have enough time to ask questions and make comments. Usually it is advisable that at least 50% of the time should be devoted to exchanges such as questions, recounting one's own experiences, role playing, meeting with adolescents, patients, etc (i.e.Guide to teaching methodologies).
In many instances, participants will already have gained a lot of experience in the field of adolescent medicine and health. This background should be used as a resource during the course. The more the participants are active and can rely on their own professional setting, the greater the impact of the course.
- Evaluation
Depending on the length of the course, 20 to 90 mn. should be left at the end of the course to fill in an evaluation sheet, so that the teachers reveive feedback regarding the positive and problematic aspects of the course, both in terms of content, training methods and general organisation. Participants should be encouraged to add personal comments, since these remarks are often much if not more illuminating than the answers to the questionnaire.
A guided discussion may also be extremely helpful in bringing forth topics which have not necessarily been included in the formal evaluation.
Download the running a session document.
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