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Improving residents' teaching skills: a program evaluation of residents as teachers course
Michael Ostapchuk1, Pradip D Patel, Karen Hughes Miller
1Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, 201 Abraham Flexner Way, Suite 690, Louisville, KY 40202, USA. michael.ostapchuk@louisville.edu
Background:
The role of residents as teachers is recognized as an important part of medical education. However, residents may not possess the practical skills needed to teach medical students effectively.
Aim:
In response to a Liaison Committee on Medical Education citation concerning surgery residents' teaching skills, the University of Louisville School of Medicine instituted a campus-wide residents as teachers program based on the bringing education and service together curriculum.
Methods:
This evaluation plan is grounded on Kirkpatrick's four levels model. Levels 1 and 2 data included post-session learner questionnaires (2007 and 2008) and open-ended facilitator questionnaires (2008). Levels 3 and 4 data included third year medical students' responses to CourseEval questions on residents as teachers (2005-2006 and 2007-2008) and data from third year medical student focus groups (2008).
Results:
Levels 1 and 2 data analysis showed statistically significant improvements from session to session in Year I and significant improvements between Years I and II. Levels 3 and 4 data analysis showed third year students' perceptions of most residents as teachers remained high and improved significantly in the surgery clerkship.
Conclusion:
Short-term and long-term measures show this curriculum to be successful for an interdisciplinary group of residents.
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