Teaching and Assessing Clinical Skills (Coursera)

Teaching and Assessing Clinical Skills (Coursera)

The purpose of this course is to improve feedback, clinical teaching, and assessment of clinical skills.

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Syllabus

WEEK 1
Providing feedback
The objectives for this module are that after you actively engage in the activities, you will be able to 1: Understand the importance of feedback and the barriers to providing feedback. 2: Provide effective feedback to learners.

WEEK 2
Orienting the learner
The objectives for this module are that after you actively engage in the activities, you will be able to 1: Describe the importance of orienting learners. 2: Implement an effective orientation for your learners

WEEK 3
Using the rime model
The objectives for this module are that after you actively engage in the activities, you will be able to: 1: Describe the RIME method of assessment (Reporter Interpreter Manager Educator) 2: Utilize RIME for feedback and assessment in your interactions with students

WEEK 4
Entrustment and autonomy
The objectives for this module are that after you actively engage in the activities, you will be able to: 1. Describe the factors affecting autonomy 2. Be prepared to navigate the barriers to entrustment 3. Understand how to appropriately facilitate resident autonomy and grant trainee suitable entrustment of patient care to enhance education.

WEEK 5
The briefing, inter-case or intra-operative teaching, debriefing (BID) model for clinical teaching
The objectives for this module are that after you actively engage in the activities, you will be able to: 1. Describe the basic theoretical underpinnings of the BID model. 2. Develop a briefing focused on a learning objective 3. Perform intra-encounter teaching focused on the learning objective 4. Perform a short debriefing focused on the learning objective Note: while this model was developed for the operating room, you will find that it applies to any clinical setting. In each encounter think about first working with learner to set her objectives, then teaching during the clinical encounter and finally providing feedback or debriefing.

WEEK 6
How to Effectively Incorporate Evidence Based Medicine Teaching into the Clinical Environment

WEEK 7
Integration & Summation
Please be sure your are caught up on the exercises. Review the sections you feel you did not really learn. I encourage you to look at the handouts for Providing Feedback and Orienting the Learner. Use the discussion board to discuss the integration questions.

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