In discussing our presentation for the end of the selective, my colleague had the idea that maybe instead of focussing on a clinical skill, maybe we should teach about teaching and learning as a resident. I thought that as an interesting topic since it has been the area of much of our conversation so far on the selective and the focus of our readings. It is also a more "soft" skill that students don't necessarily get teaching on before residency when we are much more focussed on passing our board exams!
With the aim of being able to teach our peers something useful next thursday we have begun our research with help from Dr. Cavalcanti and Dr. Panisko and once again I am astonished by the amount of research available in the area. Not only is there a whole realm of information about the theories behind medical education but there are books and journals with whole sections devoted to this topic. It has been very eye-opening to begin to explore this realm of research and realize how many tools and structured interaction guidelines there are out there. There has been more than one time in the past couple weeks where I thought, hey I would have liked to have known that as a third year clerk! At the same time, I can begin to recognize how knowing about these tools will help me as a resident. The line between teacher and learner becomes blurry when thinking about implementing many of them. In that nature my colleague and I have decided to spend some time thinking less about separating our presentation into info about a learner and a student, and more about using the tools effectively as both at the same time. This will be a valuable skill I think we will best learn on the wards but it never hurts to have some background knowledge!!
Ashlay
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