Teaching – CFD

Teaching psychomotor skills in the twenty-first century

May 2, 2025
Teaching

Psychomotor skills may be taught using a variety of widely-accepted and published teaching models. The number of teaching steps used in these models varies from two to seven. However, the utility of these models to teach skill acquisition and skill…

Teaching psychomotor skills in the twenty-first century

May 2, 2025
All Audiences, Article, Clinical Teaching, Resource Hub, Teaching

Psychomotor skills may be taught using a variety of widely-accepted and published teaching models. The number of teaching steps used in these models varies from two to seven. However, the utility of these models to teach skill acquisition and skill retention are disputable when teaching complex skills, in contrast to simple skills. Contemporary motor learning and cognition literature frames instructional practices which may assist the teaching and learning of complex taskbased skills. This paper reports 11 steps to be considered when teaching psychomotor skills.

Teaching and Learning Essentials

May 2, 2025
All Audiences, Clinical Teaching, Guide, Resource Hub, Teaching

TaLE is a practical tool of three essential teaching and learning practices with actions to incorporate into your daily teaching practice whether in person or online. These essentials enable you to integrate care and teaching, improve the teaching and learning experience and promote the learner’s development.

Teaching and Learning Essentials

May 2, 2025
Teaching

TaLE is a practical tool of three essential teaching and learning practices with actions to incorporate into your daily teaching practice whether in person or online. These essentials enable you to integrate care and teaching, improve the teaching and learning…

The Tree: An online interactive tool for reflexive education development

April 23, 2025
All Audiences, Curriculum development, Guide, Resource Hub, Teaching

The Centre for Faculty Development (CFD) has transformed its Guide to Reflexive Education Development (commonly known as “The Tree”) into an interactive eLearning tool. This resource supports educators to develop reflexive questions to inform and guide their education development practice. The CFD continues to provide consultative support, and regularly updates the resource with responses to commonly asked questions.

The Divergence and Convergence of Critical Reflection and Critical Reflexivity

April 11, 2025
All Audiences, Article, Curriculum development, Health Professions, MD Program, Resource Hub, Teaching

This article seeks to clarify the origins of each, identify the similarities and differences between them, and delineate the types of teaching and assessment methods that fit with critical reflection and/or critical reflexivity.

Supporting a teacher identity in health professions education:

March 21, 2025
All Audiences, Guide, Teacher Performance, Teaching

This guide provides an understanding of what teacher identity is and how it can be developed and supported.

SNAPPS: A Six-Step Learner- Centered Approach to Clinical Education

March 21, 2025
Teaching

This one-pager outlines SNAPPS, which is a learner-centered teaching approach to clinical education consisting of six steps.

SNAPPS: A Six-Step Learner- Centered Approach to Clinical Education

March 21, 2025
All Audiences, Clinical Teaching, Guide, Resource Hub, Teaching

This one-pager outlines SNAPPS, which is a learner-centered teaching approach to clinical education consisting of six steps.

Review of the effectiveness of teaching strategies used in the clinical setting

March 21, 2025
Teaching

This guide examines more broadly the topic of effective teaching strategies used in a clinical setting, including those studied in the training of non-physician health professionals.