Introducing a "Resident as Teacher" Module to Residency Training

Introducing a "Resident as Teacher" Module to Residency Training

Residents are often involved in teaching of medical students, interns and their peers. Even with their considerable teaching responsibilities, the majority of residents do not receive any formal instruction on how to teach. To fill this gap in the curricula, empower residents in their role as teachers and to establish a culture of "residents as teachers" within the organization, change to the basic curricular design and local culture of medical education can be introduced. Evaluation of this curricular change showed that residents enjoyed such a module and positive change was identified across a wide range of measures including increase in their confidence to teach, decrease in their anxiety levels, increased awareness of what is expected of them in their role as teachers. This book is an example of curricular change involving the introduction of a "resident as teacher" module to residency training. The book will help the reader understand and implement a similar module through a step-by-step approach to change. Also included in the book is the course design, classroom management, power point presentations, role-plays and pre and post workshop questionnaires.