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May 2013

Electronic Newsletter on Faculty Instructional Development

|Med/Ed News
Editor Karen Spear Ellinwood, PhD, JD, EdS

this issue

The Bulletin Board P.2

aculty Resources online!

Effective Clinical Preceptoring P.2 Residents as Educators Orientation P.3 Save the Dates! P.4

There are a variety of resources online for clinical and classroom educators, including links to learning modules, a guide for engaging students in inquiry learning, Microskills for teaching, and encouraging students to examine for cognitive error. The 201213 AMES\OMSE Faculty Instructional Development (FID) Series is recorded and community based faculty can watch the videos online at their convenience. We are instituting a login application for this resource, but for now all you have to do is

The Orientation of Residents to Teaching

ew interns at the 2012 orientation for residents as

teachers (now residents as educators), each identified the top three attributes of good teaching or good teachers. Perhaps, not surprisingly, the interns said patience or being patient was the #1 most important attribute to being a good

Click here to VOLUNTEER to facilitate small groups of incoming residents at the 2013 Orientation of Residents as
Teaching residents to be good teachers is an ongoing process achieved through modeling good teaching practices as well as direct instruction or development activities. The Office of Medical Student Education (OMSE) is charged with orienting new interns each year to their role as teachers of medical students. Karen Spear Ellinwood, PhD, JD, and Gail Pritchard, PhD, are organizing this years event. Invited guest , David Fleming, will frame teaching as leadership and contribute his expertise on becoming leaders. In the coming year, Mr. Fleming will begin conducting leadership work-

teacher or for good teaching practices. A poll of the incoming residents of 2012 generated this Top 10 list : Patience Knowledgeable Approachable Interactive (Good) Communication Understanding Skills Clear (explanations) (Gives) Feedback.

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Find out more about team learning , CBI and other instructional methods and the recently developed online tools, ThinkSpace and GroupShare.

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OMSE FID News

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Recent Events

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About the FID Series

[April 22, 2013] Effective Clinical Precepting

he AMES\OMSE FID Series results from the partner-

regularly and engage in activities designed to support the professional and educational development of faculty. AMES has provided grants to supplement scholarly research when external funding has not been renewed and provides resources for teacher development. OMSE offers faculty instructional development and support to all faculty one-on-one for those who would like to explore new approaches or implement new technologies or ideas in their teaching practice. If you would like to consult with a professional educator or discuss opportunities for your department or community based faculty at your site, please click here to complete the online form. OMSE Faculty Instructional Development staff will work with you to design a customized plan for faculty instructional development for you, your department or site. The next and final in the 201213 FID series is Teaching Scholars' Presentations & Tips for Publishing & Presenting Your Medical Education Research on June 24th. Find out more by clicking on the post-it note below. Please visit our website!

ship between the Academy of Medical Education Scholars (AMES) and the Office of Medical Student Education (OMSE). THE FID Series runs from August through May, and presents 13 seminars aimed at developing and improving the teaching and assessment skills and practices of basic science and clinical faculty, including preceptors, affiliate faculty, and residents. The College of Medicine in Tucson now has 19 AMES faculty members, who meet

Presenters: Tejal Parikh, MD, Assistant Professor, and Paul Gordon, MD, Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine

The presenters are experienced clinical educators and physicians. Dr. Parikh is also the Block Director for the Life Cycle block. Dr. Gordon develops and provides faculty development activities. This seminar was well received and attended by clinical and non-clinical faculty alike. A video of the presentation is available online along with a PDF of the presentation.

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Remember! The final AMES/ OMSE FID Series seminar is June 24, 2013

Presenters

Watch the video! View the presentation!

July 10, 2013 (Room & Time TBA)

Medical Education Research Day

Teaching Scholars and other faculty present posters of their medical education research

OMSE FID News

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[Continued from page 1] shops on a continuing basis with 5 residency programs at the UA COM. The 2013 orientation will consist of interactive activities teaching residents a structured approach to teaching and how to engage students in reflective feedback conversations involving selfassessment and instructors constructive feedback. This structured approach is based on the popular and effective Microskills as adapted by the UA COM OMSE in 2012 and is called Microskills 5 Plus 5! Since the UA COM educational philosophy expects faculty to encourage students to engage in reflective learning and because the implicit mission is to produce physicians who engage in the reflective practice of medicine, OMSE aims to promote reflective teaching practices that help cultivate reflection on the part of medical students as well. Thus, in 2012, we adapted the standard 5 Microskills to emphasize reflection. For example, instead of asking residents to probe for supporting evidence, we ask that our residents probe for evidence. We want our students to be in the habit of questioning their assumptions and rigorously testing their hypotheses about what might be happening with their patients. Asking about what evidence might NOT support their theory of a given case will encourage critical reflection. Instead of asking residents to Correct students, we ask that they ask students to reflect on the case, process and their own thinking or engagement BEFORE offering feedback or correction. Finally, to appropriately reflect and correct, we offer 5 tips for engaging students in reflective feedback conversations. These are designed to give concrete advice to new teachers on how to address both everyday and challenging situations. It is best to provide concrete examples of behavior and so we suggest that residents describe relevant and observable behaviors so students know what is being addressed and what they ought to selfassess. We also ask residents to ask students to explain their selfassessment to the resident and ideas for self-improvement before the resident offers his or her own and to offer helpful suggestions for corrective action in future practice (see above). In 2013, we will engage new interns in an interrater activity on how to use the clerkship assessment of student performance form to engage in meaningful assessment of students and use this process as a guide for guiding students selfreflection and in giving constructive feedback. We recognize that one three hour session will not be enough to provide the support needed to teach. Dr. Pritchard and Dr. Spear Ellinwood will be starting a new program for residents as educators in 2013-14, especially for residents whose departments do not have ongoing teacher development activities. There are additional resources for residents online. In addition, the AMES/OMSE FID Series, which runs from August through May each year, offers seminars on essential teaching and assessment skills for all faculty, including residents. /kse/

Orientation Date: June 27, 2013 Time: 1:304:30 pm Location: North Ballroom Student Union Memorial Center VOLUNTEER! Please contact Karen or Gail.
Teaching with Technology
Education Technology resources!

Using a smart phone or an iPad, scan the QR codes below (the black and white squares) using a scanning app (the kind you would use to scan UPC labels at the store). Red Laser is one such app you can download from the Apple Store. When you scan the code, you will have the option to go directly to the Faculty Instructional Development resources page on the Office of Medical Education (OMSE) website. You can use this same technology to access the QR codes for resident Med\Ed News educator resources at left. Fac ulty Ins truc tional
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P rofessional D evelopment
The AMES\OMSE FID Series presents a topic relevant to teaching, assessment and/or medical education research from August through May each year. Please subscribe to our newsletter for current information on topics, presenters, and special events. If you would like to volunteer to present a topic, contact Karen Spear Ellinwood.

OMSE is starting a new series for Resi-

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Chris Cunniff, MD Director, Faculty Instructional Development Office of Medical Student Education UA College of Medicine
520.626.5173 - ccunniff@peds.arizona.edu

dents as Teachers and community-based faculty beginning Fall 2013. Stay tuned!

OMSE FID News

Office of Medical Student Education 1501 N. Campbell Avenue Tucson, AZ 85724 520.626.1743

Karen Spear Ellinwood, PhD, JD Associate Specialist Faculty Instructional Development Office of Medical Student Education UA College of Medicine 520.626.1743 - kse@email.arizona.edu

Faculty Development Calendar online!

Susan Ellis, EdS Director, Assessment of Student Performance Office of Medical Student Education UA College of Medicine 520.626.3654 - sellis@u.arizona.edu

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