Growing as a new teacher: Tips for educators early in their careers By Benjamin Levin, MD For new medical educators developing their career is important, here are 12 tips to help young early career medical educators get their careers started. Articulate your areas of interests Ask yourself “what kind of career…
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March Faculty Development: Giving and Receiving Valuable Feedback
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Giving and Receiving Valuable Feedback By Shannon M Bennett, DO The importance of feedback: Feedback is an integral part of the medical education process. Both learners and educators need to know how to give as well as receive valuable feedback. We all have areas we can improve upon and effective…
December Faculty Development: Tips for Effective Presentation Slides
Posted & filed under Educational Tools, Presentation Skills.
Why effective presentation slides matter Presentation software like Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, and Prezi are ubiquitous in medical education and the business of healthcare. When used appropriately in a direct presentation format, these tools let educators display visual aids, emphasize key points, and interact with learners to promote their understanding.
July Faculty Development: Teaching Tips for the OR
Posted & filed under Teaching in the OR.
The OR is an important teaching environment that presents unique challenges for both preceptor and student. Achieving an effective learning experience in this time sensitive setting with consideration of patient safety is the goal. In addition to modeling professionalism, teamwork and respect, a deliberate and consistent structure to operative teaching…
June Faculty Development: Tips for Great Bedside Teaching
Posted & filed under Bedside Teaching.
Why it is important: learner, teacher and patient satisfaction; patient empowerment; opportunities to teach and assess clinical skills; greater emphasis on diagnostic reasoning when guided by the patient; increased opportunities for interdisciplinary management; potential to increase efficiency; and improve care transitions.
May Faculty Development: Adult Learning Theory Applied to Small Group Teaching
Posted & filed under Adult Learning Theory, Small Group Teaching.
1. Humanist Orientation: The learner recognizes that learning is a personal act necessary to achieve his/her full potential.
April Faculty Development: Principles of Good Practice in Medical Education
Posted & filed under Medical Education.
If medical students could wave a magic wand and create residents and faculty who employ these 7 teaching principles…
March Faculty Development: Interprofessional Education (IPE)
Posted & filed under Interprofessional Education.
Definition: “When students from two or more professions learn about, from and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes.” (WHO, 2010) IPE is an educational technique. IPE allows learners to gain competency in interprofessional communication and team-based care by participating in collaborative educational sessions. By definition,…
February Faculty Develoment: The Five-Step Micro-skills Model for Clinical Teaching
Posted & filed under Clinical Teaching.
Finding time to teach can be challenging in the clinical environment and it is easy to miss valuable teaching opportunities. The Five Step micro skills tool (also known as the one-minute preceptor) is a tool originally developed for teaching in outpatient clinics that can easily be applied to any clinical…
January Faculty Development: Interprofessional Education (IPE)
Posted & filed under Interprofessional Education.
Interprofessional Education (IPE) Definition: “When students from two or more professions learn about, from and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes.” (WHO, 2010) IPE is an educational technique. IPE allows learners to gain competency in interprofessional communication and team-based care by participating in collaborative educational…