Developing Residents as Teachers

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Developing Residents as Teachers

• CORD Academic Assembly
• March 6, 2009
• Carey Chisholm, MD
• Amy Kontrick, MD
• Joshua Wallenstein, MD

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Objectives

• Identify  specific curricula that foster
  development of residents as teachers
• Illustrate differences between teaching medical
  students and  residents
• Identify common instructional strengths and
  weakness found in novice teachers

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LCME Accreditation Standard ED24

• Residents who supervise or teach medical
  students must be familiar with the educational
  objectives of the course or clerkship and be
  prepared for their roles in teaching and
  evaluation
• The minimum expectations for achieving
  compliance with this standard the institution
  and/or relevant departments provide resources
  such as workshops/written materials to enhance
  the teaching and evaluation skills of residents
  and other non-faculty instructors

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Examples of structure
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Examples of content
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Academic Career Skills Elective
Carey Chisholm, MD Professor of Emergency
Medicine Residency Director Department of
Emergency Medicine Indiana University School of
Medicine
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Residents as Teachers (RAT)

• Amy Kontrick, MD
• Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Director of Undergraduate Medical Education
• Department of Emergency Medicine
• Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine

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Teaching the Teachers
Joshua Wallenstein, MD Assistant Professor of
Emergency Medicine Clerkship Director Department
of Emergency Medicine Emory University School of
Medicine
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Summary points

• Teaching skills programs enhance individual
  residents, those they train, and satisfy an LCME
  requirement.
• While many skills are of particular use to those
  entering academics, all residents can benefit
  from exposure to such programs
• There is a great variety of structure and content
  to suit the needs, strengths, and weaknesses of
  individual programs.