The Effective Teacher Series is a faculty development program provided for all faculty, fellows and residents, both pre-clinical and clinical, to enhance and improve teaching skills. The program consists of seminars on practical teaching skills, taught by faculty members who have a track record of success in the classroom or clinical setting. Each seminar combines didactic instruction with discussion, and will be held from 12 noon - 1:00 p.m. in D1.502 on 2nd and 4th Thursdays, beginning in September. Lunch is provided on an RSVP basis (contact ETS Administrator). 

Date

2006-2007 Topics

Presenting Faculty

Faculty Resources at
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Learning Objective:

Attendees are able to locate useful
resources for faculty, staff, postdocs,
residents/clinical fellows, and students
on the UT Southwestern Medical 
Center web site

Susanne Mumby, PhD

Sep-28-06

Use of RIME as an Evaluation Tool

Learning Objectives:

• Explore characteristics of what makes
  a good, bad and average student
• Identify weaknesses and strengths of
  past/present grading systems
• Describe the RIME evaluation model,
  Learn strategies to incorporate this system
  into evaluating/grading students.
• Review the evidence on the impact of
  the RIME scheme in clerkships at UT 
  Southwestern Medical Center

Hari Raja, MD

Oct-12-06

How to Teach at the Level of Your Audience

Learning Objectives:

• List potential sources of assistance in
  defining the knowledge base of your learners
• Use the information to create a framework for your teaching
• Apply the framework to all levels of learners i.e. undergraduate, graduate and continuing education in the health sciences

Jennifer Cuthbert, MD

Oct-26-06

Small Group Teaching

Learning Objectives:

• Make big groups small
• Develop a plan for each session
• Use the Socratic Method
• Work with inert groups

Jim Richardson, DVM, PhD

Nov-09-06

Cultural Competence:
Teaching, Learning and Practicing

Alison Dobbie, MD

Dec-14-06

Integrating the Use of Simulators

Learning Objectives:

• Understand advantages and limitations of simulation in clinical education
• Understand that simulation can provide a varied approach to curriculum development
• Understand that simulation is a new teaching paradigm in clinical medicine, incorporating behavioral skill.
• Appreciate that simulation may play a greater role in teaching and testing in medical education and credentialing
  

Joe Martinez, MD
John Forestner, MD

Jan-11-07

Making a Course Student Friendly and Relevant

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize the impact of defining course relevance, focus, emphasis, content volume and testing strategies on the reception a course gets from students
• Identify methods to improve course content integration both between lectures/lecturers and materials
• Recognize the importance of both internal consistency and the accommodation of different learning styles in course design
• Identify course "personality" features that can engage and encourage student learning and enthusiasm

Keith Tansey, MD, PhD

Jan-25-07

Test Writing Workshop

Learning Objectives:

• Understand purpose of testing in medical education
• Identify formats used for test items
• Identify technical flaws in items
• Understand rules for one-best-answer items
• Understand basics of item analysis

Lynne Kirk, MD
Linda Margraf, MD

A Primer on Case Based Teaching

(Canceled)

John Sadler, MD

Feb-22-07

Pursuing Professionalism with Students

Learning Objectives:

• Define professionalism
• Identify the ACGME General Competency of Professionalism
• Describe key professional attributes
• Recognize common examples of unprofessional behavior
• Differentiate among learners with behavioral problems to identify those at risk for future problems with state board
• Understand common methods to incorporate the teaching of professionalism into a course curriculum

Sue Cox, MD
MaryJane Pearson, MD

Mar-08-07

Facilitating Discussion vs. Lecturing: Learning How to Guide and Not Dominate

Learning Objectives:

• Be able to identify at least three teaching styles
• Be able to identify appropriate uses of lecture and discussion
• Learn how to prepare for a discussion session
• learn techniques for facilitation of discussion
• Be able to identify hazards and pitfalls that may disrupt the discussion
• Learn the role of metaphor and field shifts in the discussion process

Gerald Casenave, PhD

Mar-22-07

PowerPoint Etiquette

Learning Objectives:

•  Recognize elements of the current national debate regarding the use of PowerPoint and its effects on learning
• Understand the practical importance of recent research in cognitive science on teaching and learning
• Identify the major forms of misuse of visual presentation tools and some of their effects on educational outcomes
• Identify the essential qualities of effective presentation construction in light of cognitive theory
• Develop ways to enhance verbal and visual communication (particularly in the use of PowerPoint) to reduce cognitive overload and enhance learning

J. Scott Wright, EdD

Apr-12-07

"If you ask us..."
Considering the Desires of Students

(Canceled)

UT Southwestern Medical Center Student Panel

Apr-26-07

How to Deal with Cheating:
Classroom, Student Affairs and Legal Insights

Learning Objectives:

• State the prevalence and methods of cheating in medical school as reported in the literature
• List the main methods of cheating detected on our campus
• List the two main sources of data used to detect and confirm cheating
• List the responsibilities faculty have, and measures they can take, to deter cheating
• Describe the faculty member's role when initiating the campus response to a cheating episode, and outline the campus response
• Describe the legal environment if an accused student wishes to involve the judicial system, and the campus response within that environment

Jim Wagner, MD
Leah Hurley, JD