Harvard Principles of Medical Education: Maximizing Your Teaching Skills 2024 -October Edition

 OCTOBER 23 – 25, 2024

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

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1. Identify principles of adult learning in order to:

• Assess their learners’ needs

• Design an educational intervention

• Establish student-centered learning environments

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2. Employ venue-specific teaching skills for:

• Ambulatory teaching

• Bedside teaching

• Large-group presentations

• Small group/case-based teaching

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3. Recognize effective learner assessment strategies and provide effective feedback in order to set educational expectations

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4. Foster critical thinking skills so learners may effectively use questions to promote clinical decision making

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5. Engage in reflective practice in order to identify effective teaching techniques

topics

Schedule for Wednesday, October 23, 2024
8:00 am – 8:30 am: Effective Teaching: Setting the Stage
8:30 am – 9:20 am: Teaching in the 21st Century: Leveraging the Science of Learning
9:20 am – 9:30 am: BREAK
9:30 am – 10:30 am: Skills and Strategies to Improve Small Group Teaching
10:30 am – 10:45 am: BREAK
10:45 am – 11:45 am: Teaching Professionalism in 2024: Strategies for the Frontline
11:45 am – 12:00 pm: Morning wrap-up with course directors
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: LUNCH BREAK
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: Clinical Bedside Teaching: Effective Techniques and Overcoming Barriers
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm: BREAK
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm: Defining, Teaching, and Assessing Critical Thinking and Clinical Reasoning
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm: BREAK
3:30 pm – 4:50 pm: Strategies to Reduce Implicit Bias

Thursday, October 24, 2024

8:00am – 9:15am

Teaching in the Brave New World: Medical Education in the World of AI & other Emerging Technologies

9:15am – 9:30am

BREAK

9:30am – 10:30am

Designing and Delivering More Effective Lectures: Techniques for Better Learner Engagement

10:30am – 10:45am

BREAK

10:45am – 11:45am

Feedback: Making it Powerful, Effective, and Efficient

11:45am – 1:00pm

LUNCH BREAK

1:00pm – 2:00pm

Assessment of Learning: Determining Competence

2:00pm – 2:15pm

BREAK

2:15pm – 3:15pm

Mentorship Matters: Tips for Meaningful Mentorship in Academic Medicine

3:15pm – 3:30pm

BREAK

3:30pm – 4:45pm

The Pearls and Pitfalls of AI in Medical Education

Friday, October 25, 2024

8:00am – 9:15am: Curriculum Design: Best Practices for Creation, Implementation and Evaluation

9:15am – 9:30am: BREAK

9:30am – 10:30am: Leading Effective Change in Medical Education

10:30am – 10:45am: BREAK

10:45am – 11:45am: Coaching for Success: Supporting Trainee Well-Being and Your Own

11:45am – 12:00pm: Taking It All Home: Embedding New Skills in Daily Practice

Medical personnel of all specialties involved in the practice of medical education, including:

• Physicians

• Nurse Practitioners

• Physician Assistants

• Nurses

• Pharmacists

• Psychologists

• Veterinarians

• Dentists