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There’s More Than One Way to Teach Someone How to Skin A Cat: Evidence Based Strategies for Teaching To and By Residents

Background: K-12 educators have benefited recently from adopting medicine’s tradition
of evidence-based practice. Medicine, meanwhile, lags in its adoption some of the education field’s
longstanding best practices. Lectures are still the primary delivery method of information in many
hospitals, and residents receive little training in how to effectively educate med students and junior
residents. At NYU, we partnered with education experts to design a series of didactics for residents to
become more effective teachers and bridge the gap between our fields.
Workshop Agenda: The workshop will begin with an overview of adult learning and coaching theory,
followed by a description of the principles of effective professional development. Participants will
participate in a sample lesson (teaching clinical microskills), modeled by the presenters, to see the
principles in action, followed by a whole-group debrief of the demonstration. Participants will then
practice what they have learned; they will revise a resident as teacher lesson (teaching in the OR) to
incorporate the principles, receiving feedback from both peers and the presenters. Finally, participants
will have the opportunity to outline a workshop tailored for their specific context.
Principles of Effective Professional Development
1. Use a skill-based lesson design: introduction of context and content, demonstration, guided
practice, and independent or group practice
2. Use realistic scenarios and roleplay
3. Tailor didactics to the specific educational contexts of your residents
4. Give feedback and offer coaching during the session
Take-home product: Sample Resident as Teacher lessons, designed for Ob/Gyn residents at NYU, that
incorporate the principles of effective professional development.

Topics: Faculty Development Seminar, 2018, Resident, Faculty, Residency Director, Professionalism, Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Practice-Based Learning & Improvement, GME, CME, Assessment, Problem-Based Learning,

General Information


Intended
Audience
Resident,Faculty,Residency Director,
Competencies
Addressed
Professionalism,Interpersonal & Communication Skills,Practice-Based Learning & Improvement,
Educational
Continuum
GME,CME,
Educational
Focus
Assessment,Problem-Based Learning,
Clinical Focus

Author Information

Holly Mehr MD, MSEd; Noah Mackert EdM, MST; Karen Duncan MD

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