Teaching

Course code phs9009

Stage: 2nd of SMED .

Classroom:Medicine Hall A 2 .

No. of Students: 26.

My Phliosophy in Teaching

“By learning you will teach; by teaching you will learn” Latin proverb.

As a teacher, my goal is to create a learning environment that is conducive to active, engaged learning. I strive to be evidence-based, to create a safe space for learning and to make the educational experience realistic. This is true whether teaching formally or informally, and whether my audience consists of medical students, residents, colleagues or patients. My style of teaching is practical, experiential and occasionally humorous, which I believe leads to a collaborative learning process that benefits everyone involved.

For years, I have wanted to teach and inspire others in the same ways that my favourite high school and college teachers inspired me some time ago. Although I took a long and often circuitous route to finally becoming a teacher in the School of Medicine my journey provided me experiences and opportunities to observe teachers from many disciplines and of many skill levels that shaped my teaching philosophy. This philosophy is rooted in four central concepts that are: Enthusiasm,Flexibility,Relevance & Integration.

I am committed to improving my performance over time as it is this improvement that will allow me to look back at the end of my career and say that I have had a comparable impact on students and learners that some of my best teachers have had on me.