Teaching Tips

HPEN-FM Admin posted

HPEN-FM Admin — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 11:31:31 -0400

CFP's Teaching Moments

The Teaching Moment articles in the Canadian Family Practice Journal provides insightful tools and strategies to engage audiences across the learning continuum.

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HPEN-FM Admin posted

HPEN-FM Admin — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 11:16:54 -0400

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Teaching innovation
"I teach Behavioural Medicine to Family Medicine (FM) residents. During their orientation lectures, I divide the residents into groups of 4 - and ask each group to research basic information about Behavioural Medicine

i) define Behavioural Medicine in the FM context

ii) what are some of the outcomes associated with…

HPEN-FM Admin posted

HPEN-FM Admin — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 11:15:10 -0400

Anchoring Technique
"At the end of a skill based teaching session, I will ask the residents:

i) if they can identify one skill that they want to work on in their clinics during the next week

ii) how they will know whether they have been success (measurable)?

I will then follow up with the residents in one week and ask them:

i) whether they were…

HPEN-FM Admin posted

HPEN-FM Admin — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 11:14:51 -0400

To write objectives or to not write objectives, that is the question
"Instructional objectives: outline the purpose and value of what you are teaching. Think of Goals and Objectives as a Puzzle!

Goals build the puzzle.

Objectives are the pieces of the puzzle.

The end result is the picture on the puzzle box.

Objectives can be time consuming to…

HPEN-FM Admin posted

HPEN-FM Admin — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 11:14:31 -0400

Why use questioning as a teaching tool?
"The consequence of a good question is that it generates a silence filled with thought which leads to talk!

For the instructor, it helps to establish prior knowledge of the student, promotes discussion, checks that learning has occurred and can help manage inappropriate behaviour during the session. For the…