This series of bite-sized medical education videos is designed to boost your teaching expertise in a snap!
Created by experts in the field, these videos offer quick, actionable tips that you can start using in your medical setting today.
Teaching in the Operating Room by Dr. Michael Cripps
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Addressing Microaggressions By Dr. Michelle Miranda
Death by a thousand cuts. As you watch the video or reflect afterward, please consider the following questions:
1. What are some phrases you can use to address a microaggression on the spot?
2. Have you engaged in any specific microaggressions training? How did it go? What did you learn?
3. Has anyone completed the Foundations in Equity Certificate program through HEAL here at CU?
4. What are some ways you help ensure your learners have a safe space to share any concerns with you?
5. Have you ever been approached about using microaggressions yourself? What did the conversation look like? How did you feel? What advice would you have for others who want to approach individuals who have used microaggressions?
Equity in Assessments by Dr. Tai Lockspeiser
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As you watch the video or reflect afterward, please consider the following questions
1. Do you have any processes in place to ensure you are able to monitor any potential bias in your assessments or evaluations?
2. What biases do you think you might be most prone to incorporating into your assessment and evaluation practices?
3. Have you ever heard of the amplification cascade? What would that look like in your educational setting?
4. What can the program, department, or institution do to monitor equity in our assessment practices?
Chalk Talks by Dr. Caitlin Dietsche
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Deliberate way increases learner perception that their attending is a great teacher. As you watch the video or reflect afterward, please consider the following questions:
1. Have you utilized chalk talks in your teaching? If so, how have they gone?
2. What are some topics that lend themselves well to incorporating a chalk talk?
3. What role should the learner have during a chalk talk?
4. What suggestions do you have for others wanting to incorporate chalk talks into their teaching practice?
Self Directed Learning by Dr. Chad Stickrath
Dr. Stickrath will walk you through Self-Directed Learning that occurs in a 4 easy step process. As you watch the video or reflect afterward, please consider the following questions:
1. In your opinion, how much of our learners education should be self-directed?
2. How can you help learners obtain objective perceptions of their performance?
3. What strategies have you adopted to ensure your learners are setting goals for themselves?
4. How could you incorporate spacing, interleaving, or quizzing into your current teaching practices?
Struggling Learner by Dr. Mel Anderson
Learn how to help out those students who may not fully meet the expectations we or their training programs may have for them. As you watch the video or reflect afterward, please consider the following questions:
1. What are some examples of objective data you could obtain if you had a learner who you felt had performance concerns?
2. What are some ways you can help your learners adopt a growth mindset?
3. What are some ways you have helped struggling learners get back on track in the past?
4. When having an initial conversation with a struggling learner, what are some things you can do to establish mutual trust?
Cultural Competency by Dr. Maurice Scott
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“Cultural Awareness & Humility” as a way to facilitate safe, inclusive learning environments. As you watch the video or reflect afterward, please consider the following questions:
1. How do you delineate cultural awareness from cultural sensitivity and cultural humility?
2. Can you share a time in which you had to demonstrate cultural awareness, sensitivity, or humility in your teaching practice?
3. What are some ways you are actively creating inclusive learning environments for your students and trainees?
4. What are some ways you let learners know that you are still actively developing your own cultural awareness and sensitivity?
Learning Engagement & Retention: Merrill's Principles by Helen Macfarland
As you watch the video or reflect afterward, please consider the following questions:
1. How many of you have heard of Merrill’s Principles of Instruction?
2. What are some ways you are currently incorporating five Principles of Instruction discussed into your educational endeavors?
3. Which of the five Principles of Instruction do you find to be most challenging to incorporate into your educational endeavors and why?
4. What is one way you can incorporate one of these instructional principles into your next planned educational event?
Reflective Practice by Dr. Gail Armstrong
As you watch the video or reflect afterward, please consider the following questions:
1. Have you ever heard of reflective practice prior to this session?
2. What does reflective practice mean to you?
3.How do you, or could you, incorporate reflective practice into your educational endeavors?
4. How might you incorporate reflective practice into your own clinical, research, or administrative practice?
Maximizing Accessibility by Dr. Michael Lampe
As you watch the video or reflect afterward, please consider the following questions:
1. What are some ways you plan to revise your educational materials to ensure that they align with updated accessibility standards?
2. How might you put into practice some of these SLIDE tips when putting together your next course document or slide deck?