Authentic online learning experiences preparing students to enter the workplace | 20 October

Hot Topic Theme: Work Integrated Learning and External Partnerships

From the first week of the program, Master of Genetic Counselling students develop workplace skills using authentic, collaborative virtual simulation experiences. In the final weeks, students demonstrate their readiness for the workplace by independently managing a simulated workload including triage, problem solving, and complex cases.

We’ll share our experiences of preparing students to enter the workplace in a remote learning environment using virtual clinical placements, simulation and networking.

Guest Speakers

Alison McEwen
Alison McEwen leads the Discipline of Genetic Counselling in the Graduate School of Health. She has led the design, development and delivery of the Master of Genetic Counselling, a coursework professional degree that is the entry level qualification for people to work as a genetic counsellor in Australasia.

Chris Jacobs
Dr Chris Jacobs is a senior lecturer in Genetic Counselling at UTS. She is a UK registered genetic counsellor and an award winning researcher in the area of cancer genetics and genetic counselling.

What are Hot Topics?

The Teaching and Curriculum Team from IML invites you to participate in the explorations of Work Integrated Learning (WIL) and external partnerships, the final topic in the Hot Topics series.

Be part of the conversation and share with us how you use WIL as a vehicle to engage in public and private sector and community partnerships, design real-world relevant courses, develop public-good professionalism and strengthen graduate employability.