• Medical teacher · Jan 2012

    Foundation observation of teaching project--a developmental model of peer observation of teaching.

    • Andrew Timothy Pattison, Morgan Sherwood, Colin James Lumsden, Alison Gale, and Maria Markides.
    • Medical Education, Royal Preston Hospital, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Preston, UK. timpattison@doctors.org.uk
    • Med Teach. 2012 Jan 1; 34 (2): e136-42.

    IntroductionPeer observation of teaching is important in the development of educators. The foundation curriculum specifies teaching competencies that must be attained. We created a developmental model of peer observation of teaching to help our foundation doctors achieve these competencies and develop as educators.MethodsA process for peer observation was created based on key features of faculty development. The project consisted of a pre-observation meeting, the observation, a post-observation debrief, writing of reflective reports and group feedback sessions. The project was evaluated by completion of questionnaires and focus groups held with both foundation doctors and the students they taught to achieve triangulation.ResultsTwenty-one foundation doctors took part. All completed reflective reports on their teaching. Participants described the process as useful in their development as educators, citing specific examples of changes to their teaching practice. Medical students rated the sessions as better or much better quality as their usual teaching.DiscussionThe study highlights the benefits of the project to individual foundation doctors, undergraduate medical students and faculty. It acknowledges potential anxieties involved in having teaching observed.ConclusionA structured programme of observation of teaching can deliver specific teaching competencies required by foundation doctors and provides additional benefits.

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