Neher: Good Teachers...
- Demonstrate (model) enthusiasm, passion, and caring to learners
- Establish learning objectives
- Tell learners what you want them to learn
- Students learn better when they know what to focus on
- Establish relevance in the subject
- Learners pay attention to activities they perceive as valuable
- Establish a positive learning environment
- Support risk taking
- Find time
- Make the effort
- Include the entire team when appropriate
- Use feedback effectively
- Give and receive both positive and negative feedback
- Make time for feedback
- Vary your teaching technique
- Don't fear creativity
- Different styles can help learning
- Be prepared, but it is ok to improvise
- Limit the Scope
- Make content appropriate to the level of your learner
- Know what not to include
- Express yourself clearly
- Recognize that information retention goes down whenever a learner feels overwhelmed
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The Five-Step Microskills of Clinical Teaching
Neher J, Stevens, N G (2003). The one-minute preceptor: Shaping the teaching conversation. Family Medicine, 36 (6); 391-393.