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Teaching and Learning Resources for Educators

Resources to help you stay current in the field of healthcare education.

Teachable Moments in Professionalism: How to Help Learners Be Their Best Selves

Presented by Matthew Mason, MD, Bettina Smallman, MD, Ann Botash, MD (March 7, 2023)

Learning objectives:

1. Recognize learner professionalism concerns
2. Develop an approach to addressing professionalism concerns in “real-time” and as a teaching opportunity
3. Discuss the U-turn approach for (Learner?) professionalism concerns in the patient care setting

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Role-modeling and Coaching in Medical Education

Presented by Jocelyn Young, DO (February 7, 2023)

Learning objectives:
1.     Describe the differences between being a coach, mentor, advisor, and role-model
2.     Discuss opportunities to use role-modeling as an educational method
3.     Create strategies to integrate role-modeling into clinical teaching settings

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Integrating Basic Science Learning into Clinical Experiences

Presented by Matthew D. Mason, MD and Dana Mihaila, PhD (January 3, 2023)

Learning Objectives:
1.    Recognize the importance of integration of basic sciences into clinical experiences
2.    Review evidence-based strategies for integration  
3.    Practice using some clinical cases to demonstrate integration of basic science in routine clinical care

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Effectively Incorporating Learners into Your Clinical Setting

Presented by Harminder Grewal, MD; Jocelyn Young, DO; Ann S. Botash, MD (December 6, 2022)

Learning Objectives:  

  1. Define the four stages of working with a learner in a clinical setting  
  2. List potential challenges to your clinical workflow and learner experiences  
  3. Explain key actions to be taken in each stage to improve efficiency and potentially minimize loss in productivity  

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Communicating Competency: Writing Fair and Useful Learner Evaluations   

Presented by Lauren Germain, PhD, Matthew D. Mason, MD, Ann S. Botash, MD (November 1, 2022)

Learning objectives: 

  1. Review the different uses of narrative assessment in Upstate’s system of Undergraduate Medical Education    
  2. Identify common pitfalls of the medical learner assessment process including the impact of different types of bias  
  3. Apply two different strategies to increase the fairness of their comments   

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What Makes a Great Clinical Preceptor?

Presented by Ann S. Botash, MD, Harminder Grewal, MD, Matthew D. Mason, MD, Elizabeth Nelsen, MD, Jocelyn Young, DO (October 4, 2022)

Learning objectives: 

  1. Define precepting and the goals of precepting   
  2. Identify common pitfalls of teaching in the clinical setting  
  3. Describe the five micro-skills of the one-minute preceptor 

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Creating a Positive Learning Environment and Providing Effective Feedback

Presented by Aaron Glass, PhD, Margaret Maimone, PhD, Michael Vertino, MD, Kathryn Holliday, DNP, CPNP, CNE, Amy DeBlois, PT, DPT, Ann Botash, MD (September 19, 2022)

Learning objectives:

  1. Explain why establishing a positive learning environment is important 
  2. Identify conditions of trust and discuss opportunities to positively impact the learning environment 
  3. Create a plan to promote a positive learning environment in your own teaching setting 
  4. Discuss the benefits and challenges of sharing feedback 
  5. Summarize effective strategies for sharing feedback 
  6. Use open-ended questions to promote student reflection and clinical decision making 

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