Obstacles to Teaching in The Emergency Department
Obstacles Inherent in The Emergency Department Educators in the ED often cite lack of time as the major obstacle to teaching during a shift. While balancing patient care and teaching…
The Emergency Department Consultation: Teaching Physician–Physician Communication to Improve Patient Outcomes
Introduction Synergy—the bonus that is achieved when things work together harmoniously. —Mark Twain The two words “information” and “communication” are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information…
Teaching the Intangibles: Professionalism and Interpersonal Skills/Communication
Communication and Professionalism At its core, professionalism is the ability to suspend self-interest for the benefit of patients and their family [1]. Inherent in professionalism is commitment to honesty, proper…
Characteristics of Great Teachers
What Do Learners Want From Their Teachers? Several studies based in ambulatory clinics or hospital wards have identified what learners—medical students and residents—believe are characteristics of good teachers. Those meta-analyses…
Educational Technology: Web 2.0
Introduction Take a look around the next time you are walking through the lobby of your school or workplace. You will likely see people texting on their phones, typing at…
The Computer as a Teaching Tool
Improving Patient Care by Locating and Implementing Evidence-Based Clinical Guidelines Question: What is the evidence-based method of diagnosing and treating condition X? Students may be unaware that evidence-based consensus guidelines…
Pearls and Pitfalls in Teaching: What Works, What Does Not?
Introduction Writing a chapter that points out pitfalls without suggesting solutions would be akin to imposing endless criticism on a student without offering ways to improve. Therefore, the various pitfalls…
Teaching to An International Audience
Background Emergency medicine (EM) is one of the youngest medical specialties in the world and is rapidly growing all around the globe. Emerging in the late 1960s in USA and…
Strategies for Effective Clinical Emergency Department Teaching
Introduction One unifying element of emergency medicine (EM) the world over is the busy, unpredictable, and physically constrained environment in which emergency physicians (EPs) practice and teach. Accordingly, the only…
Teaching Invasive Medical Procedures
Prepare to Teach and Learn Before instructing anyone in the performance of a procedure, it is important to provide an opportunity for the student to prepare to learn that procedure….
