Ask students to make predictions

A student’s previous knowledge helps them establish new learning. By creating connections to this old material, they are able to build off it and solidify the new content in their minds. While teaching in the emergency department, this can be done by asking them to use their prior knowledge to make a prediction. They then … Continue reading Ask students to make predictions →

Qualities of the best and worst teachers

Some decided to poll a bunch of students across the country about what qualities defined a good teacher. They then took these results and put it into a site called wordle.net which creates word clouds. Here are the results of the qualities of the best and worst teachers... If you want the original size PDF's … Continue reading Qualities of the best and worst teachers →

Giving Effective Feedback in the ER

Giving feedback to students in the ER is easy. If they did well, you say "STRONG WORK!" and if they did poorly... "READ MORE." Of course, this provides nothing the student can use to improve. Drs. Ester Choo and Michelle Lin from San Francisco General Hospital created this video on how to give effective feedback. … Continue reading Giving Effective Feedback in the ER →

EM4 Rotation Objectives

Here at Rush we have a required clerkship in Emergency Medicine. As faculty here, you are not only doctors but teachers. So we should know what the students are here to learn - what the students are expecting us to teach them. These objectives were taken from a national consensus created by clerkship directors from … Continue reading EM4 Rotation Objectives →

How to Fill Out Student Evals

Hey folks. I wanted to take a moment to introduce to you how we do our evaluations for medical students. The M4's have a required rotation in Emergency Medicine. We're supposed to be filling out a 5-page form on each student, but we know no EM physician is going to EVER fill that out. Instead, … Continue reading How to Fill Out Student Evals →

Teaching in the ER

Effective teaching in the ED. Teaching is one of the legs in our promotion. The core themes: Teaching in the ER The core themes revolve around improving the educator, the learner and the institutional system. Improve the education Announce the teaching moment Turn work into teaching Think out loud Teach beyond the shift Create mini-teaching … Continue reading Teaching in the ER →

Med Student Shadowing – Think Out Loud

Being a hospital associated with a medical school, we're bound to have students interested in emergency medicine -- even M1's. Some of them may want to hang out with us in the ER to get a feel of what it's like. I know what you're thinking: They don't know enough of anything to be helpful. … Continue reading Med Student Shadowing – Think Out Loud →

One Minute Teaching in the ER

We (doctors) are notoriously bad teachers, relying on pimping, lectures and just overloading the learners with information. Good teachers actively engage the learner, provide specific and immediate feedback (especially positive feedback), limit the content and are willing to admit ignorance. Adult learners prefer to learn concepts (not facts) and need to apply them quickly for … Continue reading One Minute Teaching in the ER →