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Active Learning in Clinical Settings

College of Medicine

Overview

This endorsement is one of two that can be earned as a result of completing the Advancing Your Clinical Teaching course.

The AYCT course is an asynchronous, self-paced course designed to advance clinical teaching skills. The course serves as a path to gain expertise in clinical teaching and provides educational best practices for all faculty in health science education regardless of area of clinical practice. A focus on interprofessional education allows the course to fully represent the entirety of the health care team including medicine, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, dietetics, and public health. The purpose of this course is to firmly establish professional identity as a clinician educator. The Active Learning Endorsement includes Part 2 and Part 3 of this course.  It first explores the reasons behind why faculty choose to teach and determines the individual skills each faculty can offer and how to best utilize them as an instructor. Secondly it explores the importance of active learning in building strong engagement and empowering learners.  Active and inclusive teaching strategies will enhance the learning environment allowing learners to feel safe and valued while being challenged and supported.  Lastly, it provides evidence-based active teaching best practices for many of the various learning environments that clinical teachers may encounter from the bedside to the classroom. The endorsement focuses on how to use active learning to enhance learning in multiple contexts.  

Learning Outcomes

Participants will be able to:

  • Firmly establish professional identity as a clinician educator dedicated to utilizing evidence-informed active learning strategies to engage all learners.
  • Apply evidence-informed active learning practices applicable to all faculty in health science education regardless of area of clinical practice.
  • Apply evidence-informed practices for clinical teaching applicable to all health science education faculty regardless of area of clinical practice through exploration of inter-professional education.

Program Requirements

  • Complete all modules included in Part 2 (Theories of Education, Teaching Philosophy, Setting Expectations, Learning Climate and Hidden Curriculum) & Part 3 (Small Group Facilitation, Large Group Sessions, Microteaching at Bedside, Teaching Clinical Reasoning, Using Teaching Simulations, Technology and Virtual Instruction) of the Advancing Your Clinical Teaching course.
  • Complete the comprehension assessment at the end of each module as verification of completion.  CME credit can be earned for each module.
  • Complete the summative reflections for Part 2 and Part 3.  These reflections encompass all modules included in each Part and are meant to guide a deeper look into how you will apply what you learned in each Part. These reflection prompts are designed to be used to guide discussion with a mentor.  Mentor discussion is encouraged, but not required.  Any reflections contained within a module are meant to guide self-reflection and personal connections to module content and are optional. 
REQUIREMENTDELIVERY METHODHOURSDESCRIPTION
Part 2 ModulesCarmen8Theories of Education, Teaching Philosophy, Setting Expectations, Learning Climate and Hidden Curriculum
Part 2 End of block reflectionCarmen1Deeper look into application; guide discussion with mentors
Part 2 Comprehension assessmentCarmen .25Note: CME credit can be earned for each module
Part 3 ModulesCarmen12Small Group Facilitation, Large Group Sessions, Microteaching at Bedside, Teaching Clinical Reasoning, Using Teaching Simulations, Technology and Virtual Instruction
Part 3 End of block reflectionCarmen1Deeper look into application; guide discussion with mentors
Part 3 Comprehension assessmentCarmen.25Note: CME credit can be earned for each module

 

Verification

Once all program requirements have been completed, participants will need to acquire a verification of completion form from FAME staff by emailing FAME@osumc.edu.  Participants will be prompted to upload this form when they upload their final teaching endorsement application

Interest Form

Complete an optional contact form.

Teaching Endorsement Application

Submit your final application after completing all criteria.