Medical Education Rotation

Welcome to your Medical Education Rotation!

Description:

Emergency physicians function as educators throughout their career regardless of their practice setting.  This month-long rotation is set up to expose senior residents to theoretical knowledge and practical skills, as well as tools and techniques to become better educators.  By the end of this rotation, residents will be able to identify their own strengths and weaknesses as educators, incorporate various aspects of medical education into their daily practice, develop their ability to evaluate learners and provide feedback, and deliver a high quality project from the rotation. 

Goals:

• Develop a well-rounded education skill set

• Identify personal strengths and weaknesses as an educator

• Incorporate medical education into daily current and future practice

Objectives:

• Identify learners by level of training and progression of skills and knowledge

• Learn and refine bedside teaching techniques

• Facilitate small group learning sessions

• Lead simulation-based learning sessions

• Produce a high quality medical education product

• Critique large group lecture

• Develop skill in learner evaluation and feedback delivery

Requirements:

• Small Group Shifts

• Clerkship Simulation

• Case Conference Talk

• Acute Care Skills Evaluation (ACSE)

• Intern Small Group Teaching Activity

• 8 clinical teaching shifts

• Educator Incubator Meeting

Schedule:

2024: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jRWKImiyolLAvv8VSPBq-vjYt3FFe9bj/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112150785876063704517&rtpof=true&sd=true 

2025: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UydjHXuGdztBbXVePXvYw15gu3eoYDea/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112150785876063704517&rtpof=true&sd=true

Expectations:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10DC6FzSTC6E_dYzDv22-eS2goK5qgjO_Fkgh8iuU188/edit?usp=sharing

Ideas for projects:

Visit https://www.thegurneyroom.com/ideas for a list of potential ideas

• Simulation-based: make a task trainer

• Technology-based: procedural instruction video, podcast, screencast, infographic, green screen lecture

Example: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHxIn0szLbu8p8zTVZ2Q3vw/videos

For tips on how to create a video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NhDvWXJIA0U 

• Flipped classroom content 

• Badge buddy for a novel topic

• thegurneyroom.com has examples of projects

Questions? Contact Deena Bengiamin: dbengiamin@llu.edu

Visual Resources:

Great presentation that summarizes some concepts in Medical Education: 

https://prezi.com/e1zcem7lwkd3/teaching-in-the-emergency-department/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Modules for Resident as Teacher:

https://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/courses/resasteachers/home.cfm

Reading List:

Week 1: 

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Medical Educators

Clinical Teaching: An Evidence-based Guide to Best Practices from CORD

Practical Application of Educational Theory for Learning Technical Skills in Emergency Medicine

Debriefing with Good Judgement: Combining Rigorous Feedback with Genuine Inquiry

Book: Practical Teaching in the Emergency Medicine- Chapter 1, 2, 17, 20: https://www.cavehill.uwi.edu//CETL/resources/cutl_documents_for_reading/practical-teaching-in-emergency-medicine.aspx

Additional resources on giving Feedback from UAB. 

Week 2: 

An Educator’s Guide to teaching Emergency Medicine to medical students

Top 10 ideas to improve your bedside teaching in a busy emergency department

Book: Practical Teaching in the Emergency Medicine- Chapter 3, 5, 14: https://www.cavehill.uwi.edu//CETL/resources/cutl_documents_for_reading/practical-teaching-in-emergency-medicine.aspx

Additional Resources on Teaching from UAB

Week 3: 

Book: Practical Teaching in the Emergency Medicine- Chapter 7, 10, 19: https://www.cavehill.uwi.edu//CETL/resources/cutl_documents_for_reading/practical-teaching-in-emergency-medicine.aspx

Week 4: 

Qualitative Analysis of Effective Lecture strategies in Emergency Medicine

Not another boring Lecture: Engaging learners in active learning techniques

Mentoring in emergency medicine: the art and the evidence

Book: Practical Teaching in the Emergency Medicine- Chapter 4, 21, 25: https://www.cavehill.uwi.edu//CETL/resources/cutl_documents_for_reading/practical-teaching-in-emergency-medicine.aspx

Miscellaneous

Preparing an Effective Presentation (Resources from UAB)