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The highly influential teacher: recognising our unsung heroes
Lars Osterberg1, Rachel Swigris2, Amy Weil3
1Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
Medical Education
|October 24, 2015
Summary
Highly influential teachers, often without official roles, profoundly impact medical learners' professional development through excellent, caring, and selfless relationships. Their unique characteristics foster significant educational contributions.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Faculty Development
- Humanism in Medicine
Background:
- Faculty members often recall highly influential teachers from their own medical education.
- Understanding these influential teachers is key to improving medical training.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the roles, characteristics, and contributions of highly influential teachers.
- To identify key traits of educators who significantly impact medical students and trainees.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative analysis of 20 appreciative inquiry narratives from faculty members.
- Constant comparison method used to identify common characteristics of influential teachers.
- Study conducted within a faculty development program focused on humanism in medicine.
Main Results:
- Relational features, such as caring and selflessness, are crucial to teacher influence.
- Excellence in teaching and positive learner relationships characterize influential educators.
- These teachers profoundly impact professional development across educational stages.
Conclusions:
- Highly influential teachers, irrespective of formal roles, significantly shape learner development.
- The study highlights the enduring impact of humanistic and excellent teaching in medicine.
- Identifying and fostering these influential teaching qualities can enhance medical education.
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