Developing Skills

Practical suggestions for effective and efficient teaching 

Teaching Objectives by Core Clerkship

Emergency Medicine       Family Medicine        Internal Medicine 

Neurology                           OB/GYN                       Pediatrics

Psychiatry                           Surgery       

Clinical Teaching

• Clinical Teaching "Simplified" (video, Dr. Chris White, 10 min)
• One Minute Preceptor Method (one page summary)
• Learner Driven Case Presentations (SNAPPS method) (one page summary)
  
  

Large Group/Presentations

• Active Learning
  
  • Overview, (video, NWIACommCollege, 4 min)
  • Twelve strategies  (U.Minn CTL)
    
  • Tutorial (U.Minn CTL)
•  PowerPoint
  • Presentation skills for medical educators   (C. White)
    
  • Slide redesign -images and titles (T. Pillow)
  • Improving slides (T. Pillow)
    
    • scroll to Presentation Design for Med Ed to see examples of effective slides
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Small Group

• Facilitating a small group - Introduction (video, Dr. Ralph Gillies, 2 min)
• Talk less, ask more. Using questions effectively (one page summary)
• Promoting discussion in groups (videos, Dr. Ralph Gillies, 1-3 min)
• Buzz groups, Fish bowl, Group rounds

 
Feedback

• Giving feedback to medical learners (video, Dr. Matthew Emberly, 13 min)
• Feedback - Labeled, focused, timely (video, UNC at Chapel Hill SOM, 19 min)
• Feedback - Deliberate practice & best practices  (video, Dr. Amy House, 57 min, Education Grand Rounds)

Evaluation

• Introduction to MCG's One45 evaluation software (video, Dr. Andria Thomas, 5 min)

 

Curriculum Development

Free, peer-review UGME/GME teaching materials

 

Additional Resources

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Free resources for preceptors including tips, videos, FAQ answers on common precepting topics.  

Teaching Video Lectures from American College of Radiology (ACR)

Improving Teaching Skills for Residents; Responding to LCME Standard ED-24 Requiring Pedagogical Instruction of Residents	Engaging Medical Students with Active Cases at the Workstation
Tips for Writing Effective Multiple Choice Questions	How to Enhance Lecturing: Eight Questions
Case-Based Teaching for Medical Students	Problem Based Learning

Other Useful Resources

• How to be a Super Star Teacher (video, Dr. Lisa Leggio, 43 min)
• How doctors think (video, Dr. Chris White, 8 min)
• ACP Teaching Medicine Book Series (Brief, informative chapters on clinical teaching)
• Consultations (provided by the Educational Innovation Institute) 
• Advanced Teacher Training (Educational Innovation Institute Fellowship)