Residents as Teachers: Residents' Perceptions Before and After Receiving Instruction in Clinical Teaching

Publication/Presentation Date

1-2013

Abstract

CONTEXT: Residents play an integral role in educating junior residents, medical students, and patients.

OBJECTIVE: To determine how residents describe their training, proficiency, and comfort level in teaching before and after receiving instruction in clinical teaching.

METHODS: Emergency medicine residents at a 980-bed suburban hospital system filled out a 12-question survey on their training as teachers and their self-perceptions of themselves as teachers. The residents then participated in a 2-hour education session on adult learning principles, methods of clinical teaching, and how to give effective feedback. After the session, participants completed a second, 11-question survey on the effectiveness of the session.

RESULTS: Thirty-seven residents completed the presession survey and 33

Volume

113

Issue

1

First Page

23

Last Page

33

ISSN

1945-1997

Disciplines

Emergency Medicine | Medical Education | Medical Specialties | Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

23329803

Department(s)

Department of Education, Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine Faculty

Document Type

Article

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