{"id":1283,"date":"2017-11-08T10:19:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T10:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emedsa.org.au\/CoreMed\/?p=1283"},"modified":"2017-11-23T23:09:10","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T23:09:10","slug":"my-journey-as-a-medical-educator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/emedsa.org.au\/CoreMed\/2017\/11\/08\/my-journey-as-a-medical-educator\/","title":{"rendered":"My Journey as a Medical Educator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Femedsa.org.au%2FCoreMed%2F2017%2F11%2F08%2Fmy-journey-as-a-medical-educator%2F&amp;count=none&amp;text=My Journey as a Medical Educator - CoreMed\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/p><p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1285\" src=\"http:\/\/emedsa.org.au\/CoreMed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/OneRingToBindThemAll-300x193.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"http:\/\/emedsa.org.au\/CoreMed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/OneRingToBindThemAll-300x193.png 300w, http:\/\/emedsa.org.au\/CoreMed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/OneRingToBindThemAll.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>My teaching &#8216;style&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Using the strengths and knowledge of the student to solve problems themselves and only providing just enough information when they get stuck so they can continue to move forward<\/li>\n<li>Socratic \u2013 teaching as dialogue rather than monologue<\/li>\n<li>Providing re-usable generic structures, schemas and approaches to addressing clinical problems and letting students extrapolate the details and \u2018fill the gaps\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Teaching by presenting increasingly difficult problems, challenges and dilemmas that test preconceived approaches and understanding<\/li>\n<li>Comparing, contrasting and connecting different concepts to encourage students to develop increasingly complex mind maps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s changed over time?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Creating learning activities that are appropriate to student ability, clear enough to require minimal guidance, and challenging enough to stimulate reflection and exploration.<\/li>\n<li>Giving less concrete answers to specific problems but describing pros\/cons of different approaches depending on varying situations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What I like to do more of?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Giving students more time to explore, question and reflect rather than giving them specific dictums \u00a0(\u2018the learning conversation\u2019)<\/li>\n<li>Being patient with how much a student is capable of and adjusting the pace of the lessons<\/li>\n<li>Encouraging other clinicians to be better educators by the same techniques I use to create better clinicians<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What still frustrates me about some students?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Those who dismiss the importance of getting the basics right or not constantly referencing back to them as they progress<\/li>\n<li>Not building on lessons that have already been taught or increasing the level of sophistication of their knowledge<\/li>\n<li>Those who see knowledge as discrete theoretical units to be memorised rather than material upon which to discover wide ranging patterns and interconnections that can be applied in different ways<\/li>\n<li>Viewing education programmes as representing the breadth of knowledge to be gained rather than a solid foundation on which to independently build on<\/li>\n<li>Concrete learners who always look at the superficial aspects of an issue rather than delving into the underlying deeper ones<\/li>\n<li>Clinicians who try to prematurely recognise patterns or mimic reasoning behaviour without bothering to understand the rationale that underlie each specific decision<\/li>\n<li>Not asking enough questions but just become passive receptacles of knowledge<\/li>\n<li>Those who are predominantly motivated by external factors <em>e.g. formal assessments, reports, exams, approval<\/em> rather than internal ones <em>e.g. inquisitiveness, wonder, excitement, competence<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Whose best explanation for most statements and actions was <em>&#8216;I was told that once&#8230;.&#8217;<\/em> rather than <em>&#8216;I researched this and discovered&#8230;&#8217;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet My teaching &#8216;style&#8217; 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