Teaching

This video describes how to improve narrative feedback with medical students.

A collection of resources to support faculty and learners to co-create a positive feedback culture in their own programs.

Explore a curated list of articles that support clinical faculty, preceptors, and educational leaders with feedback and assessment in person and online.

R2C2 – An evidence-informed model for facilitating performance feedback and coaching for change, adapted for use with medical students.

The Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) website is designed to help support the implementation of CBME at the University of Toronto, including the Family Medicine's Triple C Curriculum, the Royal College's Competence by Design (CBD) and other innovative competency-based education initiatives.

Good learning outcomes emphasize the application and integration of knowledge. Instead of focusing on coverage of material, learning outcomes articulate how students will be able to employ the material, both in the context of the class and more broadly.

This report provides a list of 12 suggested EPAs for UME to facilitate the transition between medical school and residency.

Outlines the major assessment types that are suitable for on-line assessment and makes a key distinction between formative and summative assessment.

These guidelines are intended to be an introduction to the topics of inclusivity, anti-racism, and anti-oppression and how these concepts can be practically integrated into medical education.

The purpose of this PRIMER is to help teachers optimize synchronous on-line learning environments (SOLE), where teachers/instructors/ facilitators and learners are interacting together in real time.

Explore a curated list of articles, books and guides that support clinical faculty, preceptors, and educational leaders teaching in their use of technology in education.

Explore a curated list of articles, books and journals that support clinical faculty, preceptors, and educational leaders teaching in the clinical setting.

A curated library of resources for teaching and learning remotely.

Build your online learning skills to get the most out of your online learning experience.

Explore Active Learning Theories and how to create Active Learning Spaces.

Strategies to transform your classroom into a lively, student-centered learning environment.

Resources that support equitable, inclusive, accessible teaching and learning.

Explores strategies for in-person and online teaching.

When moving from face-to-face to online/remote on a short timeline remember to focus on the essential learning outcomes. Communicate this to students, reassure them of your support, and be flexible in the options provided where possible.

As an instructor you may be planning to move one or more courses to a fully online/remote mode and facing a very short timeline for the coming term. This resource will explore key considerations and provide examples and how-to guides for course planning.

A podcast put out by the Nurse Educator Journal which is a a scholarly, peer reviewed journal for faculty and administrators in schools of nursing and nurse educators in other settings, provides practical information and research related to nursing education.

The renewed TLC curriculum will support you to develop foundational knowledge and skills for clinical teaching, and learn how to be innovative and adaptable teachers in order to apply the knowledge and skills in unique and changing contexts.

The Patient and Family Education Program is available across Unity Health Toronto. Their program works with staff, physicians, and learners to create patient education resources, enhance communication, and help patients and families navigate their health care journey.

The nine-module training program is rooted in client and family-centred care principles, storytelling, and experiential learning. Trained Family as Faculty employ their skills in close partnership with staff and students, and help shape research projects, external partnerships, and more.

Provides tips and guidelines for clinical teachers supervising learners across all levels of health professions who are providing virtual care.

Introduces developmental and aspirational model for clinical teachers to move from a level of foundational teaching competence to excellence in clinical teaching.

Highlights how professionals' views of interprofessional interactions, behaviours and attitudes tend to either reinforce or attempt to restructure traditional power relationships within the context of an IPE initiative.

This guide provides educators and facilitators with reflexive questions to inform education development, teaching and facilitation.

These guidelines will help you reflect on ways in which you are or may want to apply the Universal Design for Learning guidelines to your course.

Builds capacity by enhancing competence in education leadership, scholarship, curriculum and teaching thus facilitating opportunities for advancement.

Nine steps to creating a successful live virtual patient group.

Create the most effective program for your target market.

The purpose of this framework is to promote an equitable and inclusive learning environment and to embed a health equity lens into the planning, development and delivery of education and training initiatives.

Framework and resources to change the design of the learning environment rather than change the learner.

Outlines the underlying principles and iterative process of renewing a curriculum.

This new, open access e-textbook was developed as a resource to help educators and simulationists use virtual simulations with learners in all educational settings.

Simulated learning experiences are a common feature of many health professions’ pre-registration curricula. However, the use of simulation within occupational therapy is still largely undefined. This scoping review seeks to identify and summarize the available evidence exploring the use of simulation within occupational therapy pre-registration education.

Unity Health Toronto’s state of the art Simulation Program offers quality simulation education and research opportunities, using a wide array of simulation modalities.

Explore a curated list of articles and books that support clinical faculty, preceptors, and educational leaders teaching in their use of simulation.

Compiles terms used in healthcare simulation to enhance communication and clarity for healthcare simulationists in teaching, education, assessment, research, and systems integration activities.

Provides free open-access resources for healthcare simulation.

Defines the ASPE (ASPE) Standards of Best Practice (SOBP) for those working with human role players (SPs) in Simulation.

Examines the establishment, maintenance and re-establishment of psychological safety in simulation debriefings.

Describes the development of a new variation of the established tabletop simulation.

Learn how to use the PEARLS Healthcare Debriefing in simulation-based education.

Learn how to design, deliver and debrief simulation through a series of available courses.

The International Nursing Association of Clinical and Simulation Learning (INACSL) standards are designed to advance the science of simulation, share best practices, and provide evidence-based guidelines for the practice and development of a comprehensive standard of practice.

Design, conduct, and evaluate mid-course evaluations with this guide.

Outlines the purpose, contents and process for developing your teaching dossier.

The primary focus of this guide is formative peer observation of teaching at the University of Toronto, including in online courses.

Explores research, tips and guides for faculty mentoring for teaching.

Introduces a model that highlights 3 processes (constructing, negotiating, attuning) faculty developers engage in while enacting competence.

Program that focuses on enhancing one’s effectiveness as a clinical or laboratory-based teacher. Faculty at any stage in their careers can engage in this short-term intensive program to maximize their teaching competencies.

This Guide will provide foundational concepts and practical strategies to support HPE educators and institutions toward advancing pedagogically informed use of online HPE. This Guide consists of two parts. The first part will provide an overview of evidence, theories, formats, and educational design in online learning, including contemporary issues and considerations such as learner engagement, faculty development, inclusivity, accessibility, copyright, and privacy.

Integration of basic and clinical science knowledge is increasingly being recognized as important for practice in the health professions.

Three key educational approaches have been shown to foster the development of adaptive expertise: learning that emphasizes understanding, providing students with opportunities to embrace struggle and discovery in their learning, and maximizing variation in the teaching of clinical concepts. There is solid evidence that a commitment to these educational approaches can help medical educators to set trainees on the path towards adaptive expertise.

Introduces six prevalent and relevant paradigms for health professions education. We define paradigm as a system of thought about educational purposes and practices.

Introduces and inspires a transformative education approach with a focus on critical pedagogy. Provides activities to support your understanding and provide practical tools for education practice