Clinical Educator Workshops
| Workshop | Description |
Date |
Participants will be asked to: |
| Clinical Educator Faculty Panel | A group of UTHSC faculty will discuss their successes and challenges teaching in the clinical setting. | Sept 15 | Reflect upon the stories they hear and write about a success and challenge that they have faced when teaching in the clinical setting. |
| Student Panel | A group of UTHSC students will discuss their success and challenges learning in the clinical setting. | Oct 20 | Reflect upon the stories they hear and based on stories write down one way in which you can improve teaching in the clinical setting. |
| Characteristics of Effective Clinical Teachers | UTHSC faculty or TLC staff will discuss characteristics essential for successful clinical educators. |
Nov 17 |
Identify one characteristic to improve upon or adopt and develop plan for accomplishing this. |
| Teaching in a clinical setting | UTHSC faculty will discuss strategies to effectively teach in the clinical setting (both inpatient and outpatient). |
Dec 15 |
Depending on clinical setting, develop a plan to implement one of the strategies discussed. |
| Setting Expectations | UTHSC faculty or TLC staff will discuss creating and implementing a game plan to set performance expectations for each learner on the clinical rotation. | Jan 19 | Develop a game plan to be used at the beginning of clinical rotations. |
| Feedback and Coaching | UTHSC faculty will discuss feedback and coaching strategies to use in the clinical setting. | Feb 16 | Choose one of the feedback methods discussed and develop an implementation plan. |
| Case-Based Learning to teach clinical reasoning | UTHSC faculty or TLC staff will discuss implementing case-based learning to optimize learning. | Mar 15 | Reflect upon using Case-based learning in your clinical setting, i.e. benefits, challenges, implementation, etc. |
| Questioning as a teaching tool | UTHSC faculty or TLC staff will discuss the implementation of questioning as a strategy to optimize learning. | April 19 | Reflect upon using Questioning as a teaching strategy, i.e. challenges, considerations, etc. |
| Participant Presentation | Participants will share one way in which they will implement strategies discussed. | May 17 |