Essential skills for a medical teacher : an introduction to teaching and learning in medicine

Section 1 The roles and competences of a teacher * What is a good teacher?. * Understanding basic educational principles. * Being an enthusiastic and passionate teacher * Knowing what works best. * Checking your performance as a teacher and keeping up-to-date. Section 2 Defining Learning outcomes * The need for an outcome-based approach. * Specifying learning outcomes and competencies. * Describing and communicating the learning outcomes. * Implementing an outcome-based approach in practice. Section 3 Organising the learning programme * What constitutes a curriculum * Ten questions to ask when planning a curriculum * Sequencing the content and the spiral curriculum. * Adopting a student-centred approach * Building learning around problems and clinical presentations * Using an integrated and inter-professional approach * Making the apprenticeship model and work-based learning more effective. * Building options into a core curriculum * Recognising the importance of the education environment. * Mapping the curriculum Section 4 Facilitating learning * The teachers toolkit * The lectures and teaching with large groups * Learning in small groups. * Independent learning * Teaching and learning in the clinical context * Simulation of the clinical experience * E-learning * Peer teaching and collaborative learning. Section 5 Assessing the progress of the learner * Six key questions to ask about assessment * Written and computer-based assessment * Clinical and performance-based assessment * Portfolio assessment * Assessment for admission to medicine and postgraduate training * Evaluating the curriculum Section 6 Today's teacher and tomorrow's doctors * The Changing Role of the Teacher Further reading Appendices