A teaching skills workshop for community preceptors

Contemporary teaching strategies of exemplary community preceptors--is technology helping?

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Many schools rely upon community preceptors for office-based education of medical students. These preceptors struggle to balance clinical care with the learning needs of students. We aim to gain a deeper understanding of the teaching rewards and challenges of current community preceptors. METHODS Five schools' family medicine clerkship directors conducted in-depth in...

Skills for teaching: a problem-based learning faculty development workshop.

This article was acceptedfOr publication September 17, 1997. S everal converging issues within occupational therapy education highlight the importance of faculty development projects. First, there has been a proliferation of occupational therapy education programs. Schools are striving ro prepare an adequate supply of practitioners to meet the demands for employment. One issue that has resulted...

A One - Day Workshop for Teaching Cognitive Systems Engineering Skills

Diabetic foot workshop: Improving technical and educational skills for nurses

Diabetes mellitus as one of the most common metabolic disorders has some complications, one of the main ones is diabetic foot (DF). Appropriate care and education prevents 85% of diabetic foot amputations. An ideal management to prevent and treat diabetic foot necessitates a close collaboration between the health team members and the diabetic patient. Therefore, improving nurses' knowledge a...

Clinical preceptors: tips for effective teaching with minimal downtime.

Editor’s Note: Harold C. Seim, MD, MPH, has been the predoctoral director in the Department of Family Practice and Community Health at the University of Minnesota for 12 years. O. Guy Johnson, MD, is a clinical professor in the department and has precepted students in his clinic continuously for the past 30 years. In this month’s column, Drs Seim and Johnson present practical, time-saving tips ...