AIIHPC Education Fellowship 2021

AIIHPC Educational Fellowship for Online Learning Resources Development awards aim to support palliative care professionals, and affiliated staff from within AIIHPC partner organisations, to enhance and expand their knowledge, skills, and expertise in the development of online learning resources suitable for use on The Palliative Hub (view our AIIHPC partner organisations).

Each fellowship will pay for one-to-one guidance and support from members of the AIIHPC team (up to 40 hours per fellow over the course of the fellowship) and the opportunity to network and collaborate with other award recipients in a private network area on the Palliative Hub Learning Platform. Short-term access will also be provided, as needed, to online education development and production tools. The fellowship will guide fellows through the different stages of learning resource development, from early concept storyboarding through to launching and promoting the materials to relevant online audiences.

Suitable projects may include, but are not limited to, creation of the following:

• Animated presentations
• Bite-sized/microlearning online modules based on a single learning objective or goal
• Multimedia case vignettes
• Online training workshop/seminars to support the dissemination of cutting-edge evidence-based practices in palliative care provision
• Question and answer multimedia databases with built-in formative assessment

Applicants are particularly welcomed from applicants interested in developing materials which raise awareness of palliative care as part of a public health approach, recognising the impact of the COVID pandemic on people’s willingness to talk about death, dying, loss and care..

Applicants must be willing and have the capacity, to commit to completing the fellowship within 2021. The materials produced will be housed in the appropriate area of The Palliative Hub and will be freely accessible to their appropriate target audiences without charge (e.g., the public, health and social care professionals, education providers, tutors).

Eligibility of applicants

Applications are welcome from individuals working in either education, clinical, or community settings in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland or with an interest in the development and innovative delivery of palliative care education and/or awareness raising. Applicants must ensure they have approval from their employing organisation to have ring-fenced time to undertake the fellowship within 2021.  Successful applicants and their employing organisations will be asked to provide written confirmation of this support.

Application and selection process

The application form should be sent by e-mail, to Dr Cathy Payne, Programme Manager Education at cpayne@aiihpc.org Applications close on Friday 30^th April 2021 at by 1pm.

Selection of applicants will be undertaken by a panel convened by AIIHPC and will be based on information provided on the application form. Applicants will be notified of the outcome.