Residents as Teachers

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Residents as Teachers

• Responsibilities
• MS-III
• MS-IV on audition
• Nursing personnel
• Patients

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Barriers to teaching

• Not enough time
• Dont feel you know enough to teach
• Expectations for teaching not clear

3
Residents as Teachers

• PREMISE you cannot not teach
• Own behavior constantly observed
• Each encounter has potential

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Your Teaching Experience

• Usually are not formally prepared to do this
  tasking by anyone.
• Teach and treat students like you were treated
• Short memories about life as a medical student

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Residents unique position

• 1) Available
• right place, right time for teaching
• 2) Approachable
• students less intimidated
• 3) Aware
• closer in time to intern, student roles
• take their concerns seriously

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Benefits from teaching

• Expand ones own knowledge
• Refine problem-solving skills
• Commitment to LLL
• Acquisition of teaching skills
• Focus on process, not just content
• Different venues provided for you

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Teaching Tips

• Look in the mirror.
• Available?
• Approachable
• Aware of learners needs?

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Teaching Tips

• Treat students as adult learners (remember how
  you want to be treated)
• Learners need to know what is expected (clearly
  lay out your expectations and don't forget to ask
  about their goals and expectations).

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Teaching Tips

• Adults learn best when invested in the patient or
  problem (responsibility)
• Learn something about your learner - build on
  past experiences or knowledge

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Teaching Tips

• Take time to discover where your learner is
  deficient - assume nothing - ask first. (saves
  time in teaching)
• Use "how do you" questions rather than "can you"
  questions.

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Role Play

• First day of rotation
• Meet your new learner
• Lay out expectations
• Ask about their goals
• Give responsibility
• Ask about prior experiences

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Role Play

• Second day of the rotation after work rounds
• Ask how-to questions, rather than can-you
  questions
• Use reflection
• Give feedback