Instructional Methods in Health Professions Education

Michigan connects adult-learning theory with instructional design in health-professions education. Outcomes and assessment lead into techniques for teaching knowledge, skills and attitudes, including technology-supported approaches. It suits educators in a professional health setting who want to align what learners practice with what the assessment asks them to demonstrate.

What you will learn

• Apply adult-learning ideas to instructional design.
• Align outcomes with individual assessment.
• Compare methods for knowledge, skills and attitudes.

Who this suits

Intermediate learners involved in health-professions education; the course concerns teaching methods and does not itself grant clinical practice authority.

Before you enroll

Begin with an actual learning need and check that the activity and assessment address it. Technology access, learner accessibility and feedback arrangements matter alongside the lesson plan. Use fictional or anonymized learner information for practice, and evaluate a design with learners before treating it as effective.

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Put it into practice

Design a fictional learning objective for a professional skill, then choose a teaching activity and assessment. Explain why the assessment measures the intended performance.

Source and review

This overview is based on the provider's published information, checked on 12 October 2026. It is an editorial assessment, not a claim that we completed the resource. Time filters are approximate study ranges; projects and exercises can take longer.

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