How to teach : a handbook for clinicians / written and edited by by Shirley Dobson ; written by Lesley Bromley ; Michael Dobson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dobson, Shirley, MA., Dip. Ed.

Contributor:

Dobson, Michael B.

Bromley, L. (Lesley)

Series:

Success in medicine

Success in medicine series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clinical medicine--Study and teaching.

Clinical medicine.

Clinical medicine--Education.

Education.

Physical Description:

xviii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Summary:

"... being able to teach well is vital to patient care ..." -- Back cover.

Contents:

Part 1 The need for good teaching 1

1 Why good teachers are necessary 3

Notes for Trainers 5

Additional material: names 6

Part 2 Before you teach: preparation and planning 7

Introduction to preparation and planning 8

Three key words to remember 8

2 How to prepare efficiently: the essentials 11

Your goal is to be an effective and inspiring teacher 11

Six steps to preparation and planning 12

Choosing the best teaching method 20

Getting the timing right 22

Preparing the room 23

Notes for Trainers 26

Additional material: memory and learning 27

Additional material: preparing the room 29

Sample slide set 30

3 How to prepare for a formal lecture: keeping your students interested and alert 31

How to start: ways of gaining attention 31

Holding attention and varying the stimulus 32

Barriers to learning 33

Planning hand-outs 34

Being creative 36

Notes for Trainers 37

4 How to prepare case studies for teaching 41

Selecting and structuring the case presentation 41

Telling the story 45

Planning to lead the discussion 46

Notes for Trainers 47

Sample slide set 50

5 How to prepare interactive teaching 51

Interactive teaching: what, when, and why 51

Interactive teaching: making a start 53

A conversation 55

Interactive teaching: preparing questions 56

Interactive teaching in small groups 59

Notes for Trainers 62

Stage 1 63

Sample slide set 67

Stage 2 66

Additional material: Bloom's taxonomy 69

Sample slide set 71

6 How to prepare extra resources 73

Choosing teaching resources and visual aids 73

Visual aids in clinical teaching 74

Drawing 75

Pictures 75

Clinical equipment 78

Models 78

Patients 79

Slides 80

Preparing good slides 80

Slide design: dos and don 'ts 81

Flip charts 83

Boards 84

Chalk or whiteboards 84

Interactive whiteboards 84

Notes for Trainers 85

Summary of Part 2: preparation and planning 89

Part 3 During your teaching 91

Introduction 92

7 Getting the message across 93

Stance-what you do with your body! 93

Eyes-how and why you maintain eye contact 94

Voice-using your voice to maximum effect 95

The moment when you start 96

Giving instructions 97

Notes for Trainers 98

Additional material: giving feedback 101

8 Reinforcing the message: using extra resources 104

Presenting with slides 104

Checking the room 104

Top tips! 105

Mistakes to avoid 106

What to do when the equipment fails 107

Using flip charts 107

Using interactive whiteboards 108

Using visual aids 108

Notes for Trainers 109

9 Simulators 112

What do we mean by simulation and simulator? 112

Features of a moderate to high-fidelity human simulator 113

What are simulators used for? 114

What can be learned through working in a simulator? 114

Do the benefits to training outweigh the costs? 114

The simulator team 115

Running a session with the simulator 116

The feedback 117

Points for debate 119

Notes for Trainers 120

10 Teaching a skill 121

Introduction 121

Planning to teach a skill 122

Sample preparation for teaching a skill 123

Starting your skills teaching session 124

Understanding the skill 125

Teaching the motor component 125

Getting resources ready 126

The four-stage approach to teaching a skill 126

Next steps in learning skills 128

Log books: records of training 129

Notes for Trainers 130

Additional material: using learning curves as an assessment tool 132

11 How to deal with unexpected difficulties and find solutions 135

Taking questions 135

Leading a discussion 137

Leading interactive teaching 137

Difficulties with student behaviour 139

Looking at pace to counteract boredom 140

Notes for Trainers 143

Part 4 After you teach: the secrets of on-going success 145

12 How to evaluate and use feedback to improve your teaching 147

Evaluating your teaching: yourself 147

Learning styles 148

Evaluating your teaching: with a friend-paired observation 151

Evaluating your teaching: using video for feedback 151

How to observe and give feedback 153

Evaluating your teaching: information from students 156

Notes for Trainers 157

13 How to assess your students' progress 159

Assessment in medical education 159

Choosing assessment methods 160

Writing and using multiple choice questions (MCQs) 161

Notes for Trainers 165

14 How to evaluate a course, a conference, or an individual meeting 167

Why evaluate courses? 167

What needs evaluating? 168

How will you do the evaluation? 168

How will you get the evaluation forms back? 169

Notes for Trainers 169

Additional material: how to run and organize a course 170

Part 5 Some final questions for reflection 175

15 Thinking about values in teaching 177

The teacher 177

The students 178

Knowledge 178

Notes for Trainers 179.

ISBN:

9780199592067

0199592063

OCLC:

727678699