Category: Team Based Learning (TBL)

  • Emergencies in Hemodialysis Patients

    ABSTRACT

    Audience:

    This classic team-based learning (cTBL) session is appropriate for medical students or emergency medicine residents.

    Introduction:

    Over 380,000 patients have renal failure in the United States and 90% of these patients are managed on hemodialysis. Hemodialysis patients have high rates of morbidity and mortality. Understanding the management of emergencies unique to these patients is essential for any emergency physician..

    Objectives:

    By the end of this session, the learner will: 1) describe primary dialysis complications; 2) construct a full differential for a dialysis patient presenting with complications; 3) formulate an appropriate treatment and resuscitation in an acutely ill dialysis patient; 4) plan appropriate disposition and utilization of consultants for dialysis complications.

    Methods:

    The format of this educational session is cTBL.

    Topics:

    Hemodialysis emergencies, TBL, team-based learning, dialysis, ESRD, renal disease.

  • A Faculty Development Session or Resident as Teacher Session for Clinical and Clinical Teaching Techniques; Part 2 of 2: Engaging Learners with Effective Clinical Teaching

    ABSTRACT

    Audience:

    This workshop is intended for faculty members in an emergency medicine (or other) residency program, but is also appropriate for chief residents and medical student clerkship educators.

    Introduction:

    Faculty development sessions are required by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and enhance the learning environment within residency programs. Resident as   teacher   sessions   are   important   in   helping residents transition from junior learners to supervisors of medical students and junior residents. Part I of this two-part workshop introduces learners to effective techniques to engaging learners with clinical and bedside teaching.

    Objectives:

    By the end of this workshop, the learner will: 1) describe and implement nine new clinical teaching techniques; 2) implement clinical teaching techniques specific to junior and senior resident learners.

    Methods:

    This educational session is uses several blended   instructional  methods,   including   team- based learning (modified), the flipped classroom, audience response systems, pause procedures.

    Topics:

    Faculty development, clinical teaching, bedside teaching, one-minute preceptor, two-minute observership, teaching scripts, Aunt Minnie, SPIT, activated demonstration, teaching scripts.