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What Makes a Good Teacher?

Jamie Johnston, MD

School of Medicine


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More than a recipe of skills

Etymology: MEdoctour, teacher, learned,

pp. of docere, to teach


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Supreme Court Associate JusticeStewart Potter

I shall not today attemptfurther to define the kinds

to be embraced within

that shorthand description[hard-core pornography];and perhaps I couldnever succeed inintelligibly doing so.

But I know it when I see


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The same can be said about ood teachin I know it when I see it

,

Gigi Duker

Cynthia Lance Jones

Missy McNeil

Harsha Rao

Paul Rogers

Basil Zitelli

And many others here at Pitt that share theo ow ng qua es


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Most important characteristics

wants the student to learn

Motivation is

NOT a departmental requirement


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To accomplish this A h r i

Enthusiastic, energetic, excited

Highly knowledgeable in their area of expertise

Maintains that knowledge base

Lifelong learner


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Good teachers are classroom researchers

Listen to students

keeping what works

discardin what doesnt

Constantly re evaluating and being evaluated

Stron l values ersonal rowth


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A lesson from Japan n in li Im r v m n

Objective Evaluation of the Teacher by:

Students

Peers

Educational specialists

Evaluation

Immediate

Later in the students education


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Know the students you are teaching! l r n li

Quiet, reserved gunners?

Raucous free wheeling party animals?

Know them personally

R m m r h hr A

Able, Affable and Available


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Setting Expectations Student ob ectives are

clearly defined

Example- the student

the mechanism ofchanges in glomerular

states of low bloodvolume


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Pr vi x ri n

With supervision


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Goals of Good Teachers

Evaluate Student Outcomes F rm l in

Observed skill performance

Immediate

Future


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Methods of Good Teaching

Analogy I w n im in hi

Story telling

room.

Positive Reinforcement


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Methods of Good Teaching

Involve the student (Active Learning!)

4 - 5 major points in an educational

Good teachers build the foundation for

Good teachers show the way for thes u en o u on s oun a on


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Involve the senses Hearing information 20% Recall

Seeing Information 30% Recall

Hearing + Seeing 50% Recall Most powerful recall stimulator

Association - student learns best when

event combined with its context. Patient care, Direct use of knowledge


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Purpose of medical education

Teach the knowledge

learning

Inculcate the values


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What are the res onsibilities ofmedical students?


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Students

Take responsibility for their owneducation

Learning is an active process

walk the path

Avoid straight memorization


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Peer Teaching

I teach, therefore, Ilearn

Parable of learning

Peer teachers best

appropriate level


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Biggest Worry

The passive learner Afr i mm n h mi h

wrong

Afraid to uestion because the mi htappear ignorant


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Remember

Good judgment comes from experience

judgment

Learning is a continuous quality

mprovemen process


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ca em c e ca c oo s ave a soc acontract to train the best doctorsposs e

Students must learn from patients

u en s mus researc ques ons genera eby patient care

Teachers must uide and direct the students

journey

Good teaching should be nurtured,encouraged, taught and rewarded


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Summary

Our most important goal, Doctors who Ar ri lif l n l rn r

Are compassionate and professional

And will share their knowledge andx ri n wi h h ir n .


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Selected Readings

Whitman, NealN f M i l E r

Creative Medical Teaching

Preventive Medicine

niv r i f h h l f M i in

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Selected Readings

Kenneth M. Ledmerer, MDTime to Heal: American Medical Education

from the Turn of the Century to the Era ofManaged Care.

, , .

Molly Cooke et al.

after the Flexner Report. New En land Journal of Medicine 355:1339,

2006


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Selected Readings

Ronald J. Markert, PhDWhat Makes a Good Teacher? Lessons

from Teaching Medical Students Academic Medicine76: 809, 2001.


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Finally

Remember You know a good teacher when you see

one

Remember your own teachers, the ones

Paul Gaffney

Alex Gonzalez

Phil Troen

Chuck Watson


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