Category: Teaching and Learning
Principles of PBL (part 1 of 2)
It’s the journey to a diagnosis that matters, not the final diagnosis itself. Problem-based learning, or PBL, helps give students a memorable, integrated, and clinically relevant acquisition of knowledge. Commonly used as a hybrid approach in conjunction with other teaching styles, PBL reinforces material as an active-learning tool. It’s used to digest information, synthesize the […]
Dec 12, 2016
Active Learning
“We are teaching adults, not children.” Adults learn how they want to learn. There are many factors that go into adult learning that are very different from how a child learns. This seminar gives details on the facets that make up the adult styles of learning and how you, as an educator, need to be […]
Dec 12, 2016
Constructing Written Test Questions for the Basic and Clinical Sciences
NBME has published a free manual about writing test questions. The 181-page booklet covers everything you could possibly need for putting together polished, creative, and easily understandable assessment questions. The manual will teach you: Best multiple-choice practices Technical item flaws Foundational testing Usage of media Keep in mind, you’ll need to make a free account […]
Nov 22, 2016
Teaching Tips: A Classic Collection
You may have a storied career as an educator, teaching for decades with a mountain of accolades across your shoulders. Or, you may be about to enter your first classroom in the role of a teacher. Regardless of whether you are one, the other, or something in between, these teaching tips have helped countless educators […]
Nov 22, 2016
One-Minute Preceptor: Five Microskills for One-on-One Teaching
If you find yourself often helping out students on an individual basis, this is the guide for you. In clinical environments, interactions between the teacher and student create an interactive space for learning — a valuable opportunity you must take advantage of! Learn how to make the most of your time with students and facilitate learning […]
Nov 22, 2016
NBME Online Training Modules
NBME U is the ultimate supplement to aid you in classroom testing and assessment. As an online collection of lessons relevant to high-quality assessment, the courses provide brief overviews of assessment topics for those in the health professions’ education community — at no cost to the learner! The courses are brief to accommodate the often busy schedules […]
Nov 22, 2016
They're Driving Me Crazy: Staying Sane When Teaching the Next Generation of Learners
Every new generation of learner brings a unique and different world perspective, learning preference, and communication style to UNMC. They also challenge us to examine the skills and approaches we use to interact with, teach, advise, and evaluate in a variety of learning settings. For example, presentations and lectures that worked well in the past […]
Sep 15, 2016
Blackboard Buffet: A Variety of Tools for Learner-Centered Courses
Learners can achieve more through the effective use of Blackboard, UNMC’s learning management system. Blackboard offers tools for self-reflection, collaboration, and communication — letting you create engaging assignments, develop authentic evaluations, and help students to share and create knowledge. A successful Blackboard course plays an integral role in student’s success when students have the right tools for […]
Jun 9, 2016
How Technology Is Reshaping Education
As blended learning, active learning, faculty and student content creation, and administrative changes take center stage, it is clear that technology has opened new pathways and interactive approaches with and between students. In this discussion, Dr. Julie Youm describes how the iMedEd Initiative at University of California, Irvine School of Medicine (UC Irvine) has served […]
Mar 31, 2016
On the Bookshelf: Must-Reads for Educators
Conducting Research in Health Professions Education: From Idea to Publication This free eBook from Academic Medicine provides over 40 one-page primers on topics related to medical education research. The literature explores every stage of research from developing research questions, finding secondary data sources, and working in collaborations, to defining response rate, writing revisions, and promoting your […]
Mar 13, 2016
