Medical Education Leadership Track Elective
IDIS 351: Practice of Medicine/Clinician as a Medical Educator
This senior elective will develop the participant’s teaching skills in the clinical setting. Principles of adult learning theory, effective teaching techniques and evaluation of performance, including effective methods of giving feedback to trainees, are presented in didactic sessions. There is emphasis upon how to teach clinical skills effectively. This theory is put into practice by the participant in the elective, who serves as an instructor for freshman or sophomore students in physical diagnosis and interviewing, and an evaluator of their performance during standardized patient examinations. By serving as teacher and evaluator, the participant enhances his/her own clinical skills. The course is credited as a four week elective, although required activities take place episodically during the fourth year. Several alternate dates for participation in required activities are offered. The participant is evaluated on the basis of attendance at all required activities, review of 28 videotapes of performance-based examinations, and feedback from faculty and from the students who have been taught clinical skills by the participant. Additional faculty include Drs. Benjamin Blatt, Larrie Greenberg, and Ms. Rhonda Goldberg. Seminars are in the evening.
4 week credit for participation in year long course
Evaluation method: Clinical (subjective) evaluations; seminar performance.