Teaching and Learning for Health Professionals
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Quotes from current and past participants

In addition to gaining a qualification, people seem to enjoy being on TLHP, and to place a high value on the support of teachers int he health professions. The following are all quotes from course participants:

"I think that my teaching practice has improved immensely over the time I have been studying on the TLHP course. I use the skills I have gained on a daily basis and I am keen to continue this development and intend to register for the Diploma after finishing this course."
Richard Hunt
Specialist Registrar in Surgery, Devon.

"I have really enjoyed the Teaching and Learning for Health Professionals Course. It has been great studying with people from different health professions and most importantly good fun. As well as improving my teaching skills (I now wonder what on earth I was doing before I did this course?), the module assignments have given me the opportunity to develop new schemes within my workplace. Thanks to my Masters, my physiotherapy team now have a peer mentoring scheme for rotational staff, all members have up to date CPD files that conform with the Health Professions Council standards and student induction is much more srtructured. I have also been able to get involved in new challenges that include a little teaching for both Bristol University and the University of the West of England and involvement in a new PCT research project."
Claire Madsen - First MSc Graduate from TLHP!
Physiotherapist, Bristol South and West PCT.

"The course is one of the most enjoyable I have taken part in. It offers an opportunity to meet other health professionals interested in improving their educational skills and we learned a great deal from each other. I would recommend the Bristol TLHP course – it has shown me that you can teach an old dog new tricks."
David Jeffrey
Macmillan Consultant, Palliative Medicine.

"It was extremely stimulating to be surrounded by others with a similar enthusiasm for teaching. We were able not only to recognise that our problems were not unique, but also to learn many different examples of good practice from one another"
Mary McGraw
Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist

"My learning from this course has provided me with knowledge and skills that are more relevant to my everyday work than any other I have participated in over the past 5yrs. Going to the study days is also a social event and it is fun to chat with other health professionals, some of whom you have worked with for ages but have never met face to face. Humour is an essential ingredient and there are planned and unplanned opportunities for that as well!"
Lindsey Dow
Consultant Physician.

"I knew I loved teaching, but I was sure I could do it so much better (I am the element organiser for the fifth year oncology and palliative medicine block). I wanted to do the best job I could to sell my specialty to medical students (who wants to only look after people who die anyway?) and I thought good teaching and inspiring students to see palliative care differently had the potential to improve the care of dying patients."
Karen Forbes
Consultant in Palliative Medicine.

"I have found that the learning gains from the certificate move beyond the immediate educational learning outcomes. You start to look at your practice not only within the educational field, but also at your clinical practice - how well you communicate with patients and staff and how clear you make your aims and intentions. Going to the study days is a social event as well and fun to chat with other health professionals, some of whom you have worked with for ages but never met face to face. Humour is an essential ingredient and there are planned and unplanned opportunities for that as well!"
Lindsey Dow
Consultant Physician.