Resident as Teacher Program

Clint Snyder, PhDVisiting Professor

Department of Family Medicine

History

In 2002, C. Kent Smith, MD, Vice Dean for Education and Academic Affairs for the School of Medicine, implemented a Resident as Teacher program

Two major motivators:– Improve the teaching of residents who were

responsible for the learning of our medical students

– Unite residents from the various programs across the city with an identity with the medical school

Program

A series of six programs was offered to all program directors in residencies where medical students rotated

Offered free of charge, with presenter coming to the program site during their regularly scheduled conference time

Sessions were offered just for that department for residents at all levels

Topics

Principles of Adult Learning Teaching at the Bedside Ambulatory Teaching Teaching in Small Groups Microskills of Teaching Feedback and Evaluation

Specialtiesn=43

Family Medicine 15

Internal Medicine 12

OB/GYN 3

Pediatrics 6

Psychiatry 3

Surgery 4

Hospitals

n=43

UHCMC (UHC) 17

MetroHealth 17

Fairview 9

Programs

n=43

Principles of Adult Learning 5

Teaching at the Bedside 7

Ambulatory Teaching 6

Teaching in Small Groups 4

Microskills of Teaching 10

Feedback and Evaluation 11

Summary

Evaluations from 249 participants– Although we did not track by individual

residents, so this was not 249 different residents

Overall, all programs were highly evaluated

Particularly highly rated with the Feedback and Evaluation and Microskills of Teaching

Summary

Qualitative comments stated programs were needed

Many stated they should have been done sooner in the training

Also frequently stated was that faculty should be receiving this, too