The Practical Pocket Guide for Medical Educators

This book is a must read for everyone who teaches medical students and residents. The author, a very experienced teacher, brings forward vital teaching points that will enhance everyone's teaching ability. It starts from reflecting on why you teach and how to teach effectively.Teaching in an office setting can be very challenging and the whole process may end up being disruptive to an office if not planned well. Some ways of solving this potential problem is addressed in this book....
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This book is a must read for everyone who teaches medical students and residents. The author, a very experienced teacher, brings forward vital teaching points that will enhance everyone's teaching ability. It starts from reflecting on why you teach and how to teach effectively.Teaching in an office setting can be very challenging and the whole process may end up being disruptive to an office if not planned well. Some ways of solving this potential problem is addressed in this book. Teaching has to be effective and several teaching points brought up in this book will help in making your teaching effective. There are many instances where an attending physician has to teach at the same time medical students and residents who are at different levels of training. This happens usually on ward rounds. The attending physician has to know how to conduct the rounds so that every learner benefits.One of the most important tasks in teaching is to know how to handle wrong answers and how to provide feedback. The author brings forward his experience in providing feedback and discusses it in a way that will help everyone who reads this book.The book concludes by letting you know what students are saying in real life about the teaching quality of their professors. What they like and what they do not like. By reading this book you will get some helpful points that will help in your quest to become effective teacher.