OBJECTIVES:
Participants are introduced to several clinical cases of teaching and learning derived from the practices of physicians or health care professional preceptors. By participating in these small-group sessions, clinicians will:
- Discuss challenging issues and dilemmas that are likely to arise when working with learners
- Reflect on current teaching and develop opportunities to refine teaching skills
- Acquire new teaching skills, which can be applied in the supervision of learners.
PBSG Modules:
MARCH 4, 2020, Symposium Cafe, Guelph, Ontario presented by Dr. Joan Chan
Teaching on the fly -Time efficient teaching strategies
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Effectively identify teaching opportunities during clinical encounters
- Use practical techniques like SNAPPS and One-Minute Preceptor to teach efficiently
- Use observation as a teaching technique
- Use the oral case presentation effectively as a teaching technique
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Feedback
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Understand the principles of good feedback
- Identify barriers to the delivery of good feedback
- Use strategies for effective feedback
Developing Professionalism in Our Leaners
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Understand the contextual nature of professional behaviour and the pivotal role of clinical teachers in the development of professionalism among their learners
- Provide educationally appropriate opportunities for learning the principles of professionalism in clinical settings
- Develop effective strategies for dealing with unprofessional behaviours of learners during clinical placement
Medical Errors and Mistakes
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Consider strategies to encourage adaptive responses by learners when errors do occur
- Model the importance of recognizing and acknowledging errors
- Promote ways to reduced risk of errors in the future
Learner in Difficulty
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Make an appropriate and timely assessment of the learner's difficulty, including the learning environment
- Assist the learner in developing a plan with the learner to facilitate improvement
- Improve communication with the learner and the educational program when performance is below standard
Assessment of Learner Performance
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Recognize the assessment process as a teaching resource
- Use a framework and strategies to guide effective evaluation of learners at different levels
- Plan evaluation sessions to be a rewarding education process for both learners and preceptors
Conflict Management: Strategies for the Preceptor
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Identify dysfunctional conflicts
- Understands the role of conflict management in the setting of clinical teaching
- Gain a practical approach to conflict resolution in the contexts of
- Learner/teacher conflict
- Learner/other team member conflict
- Learner/patient or family conflict
Preparing for New Learners
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Gain a systematic approach that fully integrates a learner into the clinical environment
- Use practical strategies to a positive experience for the learner, the patients, the preceptors and other health care workers
Working Together: Interprofessional Education and Collaboration amongst Health Professionals
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Reflect on their own interprofessional behaviour
- Identify opportunities to teach collaborative care
- Facilitate learners' understanding of the scope and role of other professionals
IMG - Orienting, Teaching and Connectin
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Work with IMGs in an effective collaborative manner
- Enhance the IMGs' learning experience
- Ease their transition to a new country and health care system