Teaching Guides for Preclinical Educators

The guides below provide graphics and summary explanations of approaches to teaching and assessment as well as advice on how to employ concrete strategies for teaching and offering formative feedback to undergraduate medical students. 

Teaching Guides for Preclinical Settings

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Cognitive Error

• An Overview of Cognitive Error Types

• Encourage students to consider cognitive error

• Role of Reflection in Medical Education

• Cognitive Error

Presentation Basics

• Tips for making engaging presentations - DOs and DON'Ts
• AAMC Resources for Speakers - These offer good tips on how to incorporate active learning strategies into presentations, which could be used for both large and small group interactions.

Feedback

• Reflective Feedback Conversation Model 

• Reflective Feedback Conversation guide 

Inquiry-based Teaching

• A Guide to Phrasing Questions Carefully!

• CRC, Socractic Questioning & Formulating Effective Questions

• ThinkShare and Inquiry Learning/Teaching

• Questions as Inquiry Learning Strategies

• Socratic Inquiry

• Inquiry-based Teaching Strategies

• How to formulate Effective Questions Guide (for preclinical or clinical educators)

Reflective Teaching/Learning

• Reflective Teaching in preclinical  or clinical settings 

• Structured Approach and Post-case reflections