Pulling Together as a Teaching Team: Strategies to Improve Teaching in Your

Clerkship

Pulling Together as a Teaching Team: Strategies to Improve Teaching in Your

Clerkship

William P. Metheny, Ph.D.Brown University Medical

School

Teaching Mission Teaching Mission StatementStatement

Philosophy Toward Students & Philosophy Toward Students & LearningLearning

Simple and MemorableSimple and Memorable The mission of the Center is to The mission of the Center is to

improve the quality of educational improve the quality of educational opportunities offered to our students opportunities offered to our students so as to enhance their level of so as to enhance their level of success. success.

The department is committed to The department is committed to promoting instructional development promoting instructional development utilizing a model of professional utilizing a model of professional cooperative learning.cooperative learning.

The Center for Teaching Excellence is The Center for Teaching Excellence is dedicated to promoting, enhancing, dedicated to promoting, enhancing, and assessing teaching effectiveness and assessing teaching effectiveness and student learning.and student learning.

Teaching Mission Teaching Mission StatementStatement

We are committed to giving medical students a basic education in the health care of women through a dedicated core curriculum and focused clinical experiences.

Write a teaching mission statement for your clerkship.

Personal Teaching Mission Personal Teaching Mission StatementStatement

As Clerkship Director, I will ensure that students know the clerkship expectations and will work toward maximizing their individual educational experiences

As a teacher, I will demonstrate my enthusiasm for the content and engage the student in active learning

Write a personal teaching statement.

Teaching Performance Teaching Performance CriteriaCriteria

Student evaluations are collected on all faculty

Six performance criteria are used to derive a single score, averaged on a scale of 1 to 5.

The clerkship director and coordinator are evaluated on additional criteria, specific to the organization and management of the clerkship and the attention given to students’ needs

Teaching Performance Teaching Performance CriteriaCriteria

Faculty must maintain a teaching score of 3.75 to remain in good standing as teaching faculty

Faculty who achieve a score of 4.5 receive recognition for Excellence in Teaching

All FTF precept medical students Research track faculty precept at least 2

students per year, teaching track 4 students per year.

All FTF present at least 3 times per year at the student core curriculum

Teaching Performance Teaching Performance FeedbackFeedback

Faculty receive teaching summaries every six months

The clerkship director conducts an annual review of each teacher’s performance to include: Face-to-face or written review Establishment of goals for next

academic year Discussion of ideas for improving

teaching sessions

Teaching Performance Teaching Performance FeedbackFeedback

Meet with division directors to discuss their team’s contributions and ideas

Send follow-up note about agreed upon teaching goals or plans to faculty member, division director, and chair

Written note to faculty teaching file

Residents Teaching Performance Feedback

Residents receive teaching summaries every six months

The clerkship director reviews teaching performance of resident with program director, review communicated in letter to resident, followed by face-to-face meeting with director.

Residents Teaching Residents Teaching Performance FeedbackPerformance Feedback

Residents achieving 4.0 receive recognition for Excellence in Teaching

Residents with less than 3.25 may be given academic warning

Clerkship Director meets with residents to review ways to improve teaching performance

Teaching Performance Criteria?

Establish Mid-Term Establish Mid-Term Feedback for Medical Feedback for Medical

StudentsStudents RIME Meetings at midterm

Brings together residents, specialty nurse teachers, faculty preceptors

Reinforces the importance of teaching Unobtrusive way of discovering teaching

commitment and involvement Reinforces the importance of providing

feedback to students

Recognize Teaching Recognize Teaching ExcellenceExcellence

Awards: Faculty & Residents – Excellence in Teaching from

Department and Medical School Top Teacher Awards (> 4.75)

Financial incentives built into faculty teaching goals

Recognition at Graduation ceremonies Line item on C.V. (important for promotion

and resident distinctions) Dinner to recognize OSCE participants Teaching Elite – Academy of Teaching

Scholars

Retreats for Faculty & Retreats for Faculty & ResidentsResidents

Share feedback and comments from students, including AAMC data

Track progress in targeted areas Share personal success stories –

innovations that worked Introduce and practice new teaching

strategies Networking and team building

exercises across divisions Use real problems for real solutions

Recruit for Attitude – Recruit for Attitude – Train for SkillsTrain for Skills

Residents are recruited on their avowed and/or demonstrated interest in teaching

Recruitment session with residents emphasizes value placed on teaching and institutional recognition system

New resident orientation reemphasizes teaching responsibilities

Workshops on effective teaching provided for residents and faculty

Encourage Innovation Encourage Innovation & Risk Taking& Risk Taking

Encourage faculty and residents to find new ways to teach or to improve contact time with students

Foster an open door policy allowing teachers to come to you with their ideas

Encourage Innovation Encourage Innovation & Risk Taking& Risk Taking

Look for ways to guide young faculty into teaching roles

Give a defined place in the teaching faculty

Generate teaching evaluations Find and reach out to untapped

talented teachers Be a champion for good teachers Continually wave the teaching banner in

the department

                    

Take Home EffortsTake Home Efforts

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