Harvard Principles of Medical Education: Maximizing Your Teaching Skills 2024 -October Edition

Overview

The Harvard Principles of Medical Education: Maximizing Your Teaching Skills 2024 -October Edition is a comprehensive on-demand course designed to strengthen teaching abilities in medical education. This edition offers in-depth exploration of adult learning principles and venue-specific teaching skills applicable across diverse clinical settings.

On-demand medical education — accessible anytime, anywhere.

Agenda

This course includes detailed sessions delivered over three days, covering a wide range of practical teaching techniques and educational theory relevant to contemporary medical educators.

• Effective Teaching: Setting the Stage — Wednesday, October 23, 8:00 am – 8:30 am
• Teaching in the 21st Century: Leveraging the Science of Learning — Wednesday, October 23, 8:30 am – 9:20 am
• Skills and Strategies to Improve Small Group Teaching — Wednesday, October 23, 9:30 am – 10:30 am
• Teaching Professionalism in 2024: Strategies for the Frontline — Wednesday, October 23, 10:45 am – 11:45 am
• Clinical Bedside Teaching: Effective Techniques and Overcoming Barriers — Wednesday, October 23, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
• Defining, Teaching, and Assessing Critical Thinking and Clinical Reasoning — Wednesday, October 23, 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
• Strategies to Reduce Implicit Bias — Wednesday, October 23, 3:30 pm – 4:50 pm
• Teaching in the Brave New World: Medical Education in the World of AI & other Emerging Technologies — Thursday, October 24, 8:00 am – 9:15 am
• Designing and Delivering More Effective Lectures: Techniques for Better Learner Engagement — Thursday, October 24, 9:30 am – 10:30 am
• Feedback: Making it Powerful, Effective, and Efficient — Thursday, October 24, 10:45 am – 11:45 am
• Assessment of Learning: Determining Competence — Thursday, October 24, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
• Mentorship Matters: Tips for Meaningful Mentorship in Academic Medicine — Thursday, October 24, 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
• The Pearls and Pitfalls of AI in Medical Education — Thursday, October 24, 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm
• Curriculum Design: Best Practices for Creation, Implementation and Evaluation — Friday, October 25, 8:00 am – 9:15 am
• Leading Effective Change in Medical Education — Friday, October 25, 9:30 am – 10:30 am
• Coaching for Success: Supporting Trainee Well-Being and Your Own — Friday, October 25, 10:45 am – 11:45 am
• Taking It All Home: Embedding New Skills in Daily Practice — Friday, October 25, 11:45 am – 12:00 pm

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify principles of adult learning to assess learner needs, design educational interventions, and establish student-centered environments.
• Employ venue-specific teaching skills for ambulatory teaching, bedside teaching, large-group presentations, and small group/case-based teaching.
• Recognize effective learner assessment strategies and provide feedback to set educational expectations.
• Foster critical thinking by using questions that promote clinical decision-making.
• Engage in reflective practice to identify and implement effective teaching techniques.

Target Audience

Medical personnel of all specialties involved in medical education, including physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, psychologists, veterinarians, and dentists.

Why This Topic Matters

The Harvard Principles of Medical Education: Maximizing Your Teaching Skills 2024 -October Edition addresses essential competencies for educators in the field of medical education. Strengthening teaching skills is critical to advancing the quality of learner engagement and clinical instruction across multiple specialty contexts.

This course, provided by MedHub Central, offers structured, current insights relevant to educators who seek to enhance their teaching effectiveness. It supports professional development in medical education aligned with contemporary challenges and innovations.