Harvard Principles of Medical Education: Maximizing Your Teaching Skills 2025 -March Edition

SCHEDULE & COURSE CONTENT

Wed 3/26

8:00am – 8:30am

Effective Teaching: Setting the Stage

David Roberts, MD

8:30am – 9:20am

Teaching in the 21st Century: Leveraging the Science of Learning

Margaret “Molly” Hayes, MD

 | Bibliography

9:20am – 9:30am

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9:30am – 10:30am

Skills and Strategies to Improve Small Group Teaching

Laurie Fishman, MD

 | Bibliography

10:30am – 10:45am

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10:45am – 11:45am

Teaching Professionalism in 2025: Strategies for the Frontline

Carrie Tibbles, MD

 | Bibliography

11:45am – 12:00pm

Morning wrap up with course directors

12:00pm – 1:00pm

LUNCH BREAK

1:00pm – 2:00pm

Clinical Bedside Teaching:  Effective Techniques and Overcoming Barriers

Christopher Smith, MD

 | Bibliography

2:00pm – 2:15pm

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2:15pm – 3:15pm

Defining, Teaching, and Assessing Critical Thinking and Clinical Reasoning

Richard Schwartzstein, MD

 | Bibliography

3:15pm – 3:30pm

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3:30pm – 4:50pm

Strategies to Reduce Implicit Bias

Quinn Capers IV, MD

 | Article

 Sharable Stategies

THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2025

8:00am – 9:15am

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

David Roberts, MD

AI Handout

9:15am – 9:30am

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9:30am – 10:45am

The Pearls and Pitfalls of AI in Medical Education

Adam Rodman, MD and Richard Schwartzstein, MD

10:45am – 11:00am

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11:00am – 11:45am

Feedback: Making it Powerful, Effective, and Efficient

K. Meredith Atkins, MD

11:45am – 1:00pm

LUNCH BREAK

1:00pm – 2:00pm

Assessment of Learning: Determining Competence

Christopher Smith, MD

| Comp Comm

2:00pm – 2:15pm

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2:15pm – 3:15pm

Mentorship for the Future: Mentoring to

Combat Burnout and Attrition

Huma Farid, MD

3:15pm – 3:30pm

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3:30pm – 4:30pm

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

Richard Schwartzstein, MD

FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2025

8:00am – 9:15am

Curriculum Design: Best Practices for Creation, Implementation and Evaluation

Morgan Soffler, MD

Worksheet

9:15am – 9:30am

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9:30am – 10:30am

Leading Effective Change in Medical Education

Ted James, MD

10:30am – 10:45am

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10:45am – 11:45am

Coaching for Success: Supporting Trainee Well-Being and Your Own

Kerri Palamara, MD

11:45am – 12:00pm

Taking It All Home: Embedding New Skills in Daily Practice

Course Directors