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Mini course · Intermediate level

Train-the-Trainer for Healthcare Educators

A practical, workshop-style course for healthcare educators. Across five modules you design one real deliverable — a complete 60-minute healthcare education session plan — by understanding your learners, writing measurable objectives, sequencing an engaging session, choosing teaching and feedback techniques, and evaluating impact with Kirkpatrick’s four levels.

2 hours · self-paced5 lessonsVerifiable digital credential
Enroll for $39.00Watch free preview
Train-the-Trainer for Healthcare Educators

What is Train-the-Trainer for Healthcare Educators?

Follow Dr. Lina Hassan at the fictional Northbridge Clinical Education Centre as she redesigns a 60-minute session on “Safe Patient Identification and Handover” from a slide-heavy lecture into an active, assessable workshop. You build alongside her: a needs statement, measurable objectives, a 60-minute plan, teaching and feedback techniques, and an evaluation plan. All examples are fictional and illustrative — they do not replace your organization’s clinical policies, and completing the course is not a formal teaching qualification.

Duration
2 hours
Lessons
5
Level
Intermediate
Format
Online, self-paced
Outcomes

What you'll be able to do

  • Analyze a learner audience and define a concise learning need.
  • Write measurable learning objectives using observable action verbs.
  • Align objectives with teaching activities and assessment.
  • Design a realistic 60-minute session with active participation.
  • Select teaching methods and facilitation suited to the objective.
  • Give specific, constructive feedback that supports improvement.
  • Assess learning with methods matched to the intended performance.
  • Plan evaluation using Kirkpatrick’s four levels and interpret results with appropriate caution.
  • Produce a complete 60-minute session plan with an evaluation and improvement plan.
Audience

Who this course is for

Healthcare educators & trainersClinical nurse educatorsPhysicians who teachPharmacists & allied-health educatorsPreceptors & mentorsQuality & patient-safety trainersSimulation & skills-lab facilitatorsAnyone designing staff education sessions
Curriculum

Course content

5 lessons · 28 activities · 2 hours total · free preview available

1

How Adults Learn

5 minFree previewHow Adults Learn

An introduction to adult learning for healthcare educators: teaching vs learning, prior experience, relevance to real work, participation and reflection, psychological safety, and adapting to mixed experience levels — framed by Dr. Lina’s training challenge.

2

Understand Your Learners

3 minHow Adults Learn

Available after you enroll.

3

Learning Need or Content Preference?

3 minHow Adults Learn

Available after you enroll.

4

The Lecture That Did Not Work

4 minHow Adults Learn

Available after you enroll.

5

Write a Learner Needs Statement

4 minHow Adults Learn

Available after you enroll.

6

Objectives That Drive Everything

5 minObjectives That Drive Everything

Available after you enroll.

7

Build a Measurable Objective

4 minObjectives That Drive Everything

Available after you enroll.

8

Objective, Activity, or Assessment?

3 minObjectives That Drive Everything

Available after you enroll.

9

The Vague Objective

4 minObjectives That Drive Everything

Available after you enroll.

10

Align the Learning Design

4 minObjectives That Drive Everything

Available after you enroll.

11

Designing the Session

5 minDesigning the Session

Available after you enroll.

12

The 60-Minute Session Planner

4 minDesigning the Session

Available after you enroll.

13

What Belongs in the Session?

3 minDesigning the Session

Available after you enroll.

14

The Overloaded 60-Minute Session

4 minDesigning the Session

Available after you enroll.

15

Create the Session Plan

5 minDesigning the Session

Available after you enroll.

16

Teaching and Feedback Techniques

5 minTeaching and Feedback Techniques

Available after you enroll.

17

Choose the Teaching Method

4 minTeaching and Feedback Techniques

Available after you enroll.

18

Feedback That Helps Learning

3 minTeaching and Feedback Techniques

Available after you enroll.

19

The Learner Gives the Wrong Answer

4 minTeaching and Feedback Techniques

Available after you enroll.

20

Improve a Teaching Segment

4 minTeaching and Feedback Techniques

Available after you enroll.

21

Assessment and Evaluation

5 minAssessment and Evaluation

Available after you enroll.

22

Build an Assessment Plan

4 minAssessment and Evaluation

Available after you enroll.

23

Assessment or Evaluation?

3 minAssessment and Evaluation

Available after you enroll.

24

Great Feedback, Little Transfer

4 minAssessment and Evaluation

Available after you enroll.

25

Create the Evaluation Plan

5 minAssessment and Evaluation

Available after you enroll.

26

Finalize Your Trainer Toolkit

4 minAssessment and Evaluation

Available after you enroll.

27

Train-the-Trainer for Healthcare Educators — Final Assessment

11 minAssessment and Evaluation

Available after you enroll.

28

Train-the-Trainer Complete

1 minAssessment and Evaluation

Available after you enroll.

Credential

Earn a credential employers can check

This certificate confirms completion of the AIHCM micro-course Train-the-Trainer for Healthcare Educators.

Verified
American Institute of Healthcare Management
Certificate of completion · Sample
Train-the-Trainer for Healthcare Educators
ID: AIHCM-SAMPLE
Issued: on completion

How it works

  1. Finish all 5 lessons at your own pace.
  2. Get your digital credential with a unique ID.
  3. Share it — employers can verify it at aihcm.us.
FAQ

Questions people ask

Is this a formal teaching qualification?

No. It is a practical professional-development course. Completing it is not a formal teaching qualification and does not by itself certify real-world teaching competence.

Do I need to use real patient or organizational data?

No. Use the fictional examples, or your own non-confidential professional topic. Never upload confidential patient information or internal records.

Will my session plan be saved automatically?

The applied activities are workshop exercises you draft as you go. Capture your plan in your own document as you build it across the five modules.

$39.00
2 hours · credential included
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Train-the-Trainer for Healthcare Educators — AIHCM Mini-Course