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Teaching in the Clinical Setting

Welcome to teaching in the clinical setting!  The resources below will help you achieve teacher effectiveness in a busy clinical setting.

All MD Program teachers are asked to become familiar with the following resources when preparing for their teaching roles (1) Psychological Safety, (2) Learner Mistreatment, and (3) MD Learner Accommodations.

Psychological Safety

How to Navigate Learner Mistreatment → Primer for teachers

MD Learner Accommodations → Primer for teachers

Teaching Essentials for the Clinical Setting

Join us for the faculty development session on Teaching Essentials for the Clinical Setting, where you will learn how how to ask good questions, review a case, and give effective feedback.  It will also provide an introduction to workplace based assessments.

In addition to the faculty development session, the Clerkship Orientation video will review what you need to know when supervising a 3rd or 4th year medical student.

To register, select and click on a link on the right.
Video - Clerkship Orientation (25mins)

Teaching and Learning Strategies

These resources will guide you in reviewing a case and how to create a psychologically safe learning environment.
One Minute Preceptor
Primer - Psychological Safety

Delivering Feedback

These resources include common feedback frameworks.

To access any of the resources, select and click on a link on the right.
Primer - ATATUDE in the Clinical Setting
Video - How to Improve Narrative Feedback
Pendleton's Rules: A Mini Review of a Feedback Model

Clinical Assessment

Clinical supervisors are required to provide verbal and written feedback on Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs), and to complete a clinical assessment forms. For more information, visit the Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA) in Clerkship website.

To access any of the resources, select and click on a link on the right.
Sample - Clinical Assessment Form
Website - Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA) in Clerkship
Video - EPAs: What you need to know (12min)

Professional Behaviour Assessment

Faculty are also required to support and assess the development of professional behaviours.  These resources are helpful in completing the new assessment form.

To access any of the resources, select and click on a link on the right.
Primer - Professional Behaviours
Video - Professional Behaviours (20mins)
Form - Professional Behaviour

Learner Assessment of the Clinical Teacher

Faculty are assessed by students through the Learner Assessment of the Clinical Teacher form.  A sample is found here.

To access any of the resources, select and click on a link on the right.
Sample - Preceptor Evaluation form (LACT)