Faculty Development Resources - Teaching

Welcome to Augusta University Medical College of Georgia's online faculty development page!

The content is divided into four sections based on faculty needs:

• BECOMING A TEACHER: Administrative information about teaching MCG learners
• DEVELOPING TEACHING SKILLS:  Practical suggestions for effective and efficient teaching
• INNOVATING YOUR TEACHING/CURRICULUM:  Advanced resources for educators developing curriculum
• STAYING INFORMED: Additional faculty development resources at MCG and beyond

BECOMING A TEACHER: Administrative information about teaching MCG learners

MCG Academic Leadership Team (including contact information)

Creating a positive academic environment

• MCG Appropriate treatment policy

Teaching Objectives by Core Clerkship

Emergency Medicine       Family Medicine        Internal Medicine 

Neurology                           OB/GYN                       Pediatrics

Psychiatry                           Surgery      

Overview of Clinical Teaching at MCG

Overview video (Dr. Chris White, 8 min)

DEVELOPING YOUR SKILLS: Practical Suggestions for effective and efficient teaching 

• Clinical Teaching
  • Overview
  • Orienting learners to your expectations and their roles
  • Clinical Teaching "Simplified"  (Dr. Chris White, 10)
  • One Minute Preceptor Method (one page summary)
  • Learner Driven Case Presentations (SNAPPS method) (one page summary) 
    
• Large Group Teaching / Presentations
• Small Group Teaching
  
  • Facilitating a small group - Introduction (Dr. Ralph Gillies, 2 min)
  • Talk less, ask more. Using questions effectively (one page summary)
  • Promoting discussions
    • Buzz groups (Dr. Ralph Gillies, 3 min)
    • Fish bowl (Dr. Ralph Gillies, 1 min)
    • Group rounds (Dr. Ralph Gillies, 1 min)
• Feedback
  • Offering feedback  (Dr. Amy House, 57 min, Education Grand Rounds)
• Evaluation
• Introduction to MCG's One45 evaluation software; (Dr. Andria Thomas, X min)
• Suggestions for completing evaluations; (Dr. Andria Thomas, x min)

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Providing resources for preceptors including tips, videos, answers to frequently asked questions, and links to in-depth information on common precepting topics. Contact Rebecca Mueller (rmueller@augusta.edu) for free access.

Additional resources:

• How to be a Super Star Teacher and Video (Dr. Lisa Leggio, 43 min)
• How doctors think (Dr. Chris White, 8 min)
• ACP Teaching Medicine Book Series (Brief, informative chapters on clinical teaching)

INNOVATING YOUR TEACHING/CURRICULUM: Advanced resources for educators developing curriculum

AAMC MedEdPORTAL (Peer-reviewed teaching materials for UGME and GME). Free registration at site to access

STAYING INFORMED: Additional faculty development resources at MCG and beyond

EII Education Grand Rounds - Upcoming schedule and recordings of past sessions (monthly)

EII Bulletin - Augusta University Health Sciences education related news (monthly)

Health Sciences Education Journals (Access free through Augusta University library)