WRC PBSG-ED Series

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