Medical teacher
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Peer observation of teaching (PoT) is most commonly done as a way of evaluating educators in lecture or small group teaching. Teaching in the clinical environment is a complex and hectic endeavor that requires nimble and innovative teaching on a daily basis. Most junior faculty start their careers with little formal training in education and with limited opportunity to be observed or to observe more experienced faculty. ⋯ This article provides detailed examples from written feedback obtained during collaborative peer observation to emphasize the richness of this combined experience.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Pre-training evaluation and feedback improve medical students' skills in basic life support.
Evaluation and feedback are two factors that could influence simulation-based medical education and the time when they were delivered contributes their different effects. ⋯ In undergraduate medical students without previous BLS training, pre-training evaluation and feedback improve their performance in followed BLS training.
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Case Reports
Teaching communication and compassionate care skills: an innovative curriculum for pre-clerkship medical students.
Physicians require communications training to improve effective and compassionate care. Clinicians discuss challenging communication issues in existing hospital "Schwartz Rounds." ⋯ Integrating a pre-clerkship communications curriculum may help improve future physicians' interactions with patients and families. Implications of this curriculum for medical education are discussed.
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Distress is prevalent among residents and often attributed to rigors of training. ⋯ Our results indicate a high prevalence of distress among graduating medical students across all specialty disciplines before they even begin residency training.