Thread by @JenniferSpicer4

1/ #MedTwitter #MedEd

Welcome to our new @MedEdTwagTeam #TweetorialTuesday series on #InpatientTeaching.

We will spend several months exploring how we can improve clinical teaching focusing on the inpatient setting (where @GStetsonMD & myself do most of our teaching).

2/ So, first, let’s start out by defining what makes a good clinical teacher.

Lucky for us, this great article in @AcademicMedicine reviewed 68 articles on the topic published through 2006.

journals.lww.com/academicmedici…

3/ The article has an appendix that lists characteristics in 3 categories, which I have summarized as:

1⃣ personal attributes
2⃣ clinical abilities
3⃣ teaching practices

4/ Here are the personal attributes identified in other articles.

One of my key takeaways: a good clinical teacher is a ROLE MODEL with humility and openness to alternate perspectives.

5/ Here is a list of clinical abilities thought to be important.

Unsurprisingly, both knowledge and cognitive/non-cognitive skills are listed.

However, *ability to accept uncertainty* is an important characteristic that was mentioned that we don’t always emphasize.

6/ And finally, the teaching practices.

We have already created series for 3 of these:
1⃣Answering questions effectively
2⃣Building supportive relationships
3⃣Providing feedback

We will cover these & more in this series.

Check out @MedEdTwagTeam for our previous threads!

7/ There’s lots of stuff that we need to teach in the inpatient setting, and they can be divided into 3 categories: knowledge, skills, & attitudes.

This is not a comprehensive list, but it includes some things that I try to teach when I’m on clinical service.

8/ We have many options regarding how to teach in the clinical setting:

✅asking questions
✅chalk talks
✅discussion
✅demonstration
✅role play
✅observation & feedback
✅and many, many more

9/ Some options are better used to teach knowledge vs skills vs attitudes - see some of the examples below.

In this series, we hope to expose you to many different ways to teach while appropriately matching your objectives with your educational strategies.

10/ In this series, we will first cover foundational principles, then discuss opportunities to teach during the day: before rounds, during rounds, after rounds, & after hours.

Using this framework, we will provide practical tips that you can immediately apply to your practice.

11/ So tell us, what are you excited to learn about?

Tune in next week (8/24/2021) when @JenniferSpicer4 will share the first thread on “Preparing for Teaching”