The aim of this module is to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to properly support the education experience of health professional students/trainees. Participants will draw on contemporary literature to effectively motivate, mentor, deliver feedback and provide career guidance. They will review current national and international regulatory guidance on supporting students with special needs in the health profession education setting and will develop the skills to foster resilience among their students.

Social theories for supporting students Principles of motivational learning Strategies for motivating students to learn Providing effective feedback Effective student/trainee mentoring Supporting students/trainees in making career decisions Resilience in health professions education Working with students/trainees with special needs

Describe the social theories underpinning student support and illustrate how these can be used in practice. Differentiate between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and explain how one might motivate strategic and surface learners to engage with deep learning. Define resilience and the key factors for promoting resilience in health professions education. Demonstrate an awareness of the guidelines for supporting students/trainees with special needs within your institution/country. Describe the career guidance theories that impact on health professional students career decisions. Design an effective strategy for motivating a cohort of health professional students/trainees in your own education setting. Use a mentoring model/framework to mentor a health professions student/trainee Deliver effective feedback

Reflect critically on one's ability to act effectively as a mentor. Discuss the challenges that arise when providing guidance to students/trainees with disability.

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This module will be delivered through a virtual learning environment (Sulis) with an additional face to face teaching day for those undertaking the blended learning format. During this module participants will work through course materials and readings and undertake directed learning activities online. Task based exercises will encourage participants to apply the knowledge, skills and attitudes learnt to better support students in the future.This approach combines educational methods that encourage self-directed learning, reflection on personal experience, critical thinking while at the same time allowing access to extensive online resources. Interactive lectures, small group work/exercises and discussion fora whether by blended or distance learning format will allow participants to consolidate their learning, to critically reflect on past experiences, to collaborate with others and to practise skills relevant to supporting health professional students/trainees during the course of their training. This learning environment will stimulate students to be knowledgeable, proactive, creative, collaborative, articulate and responsible in line with the attributes required of all graduate of the University of Limerick.