Teaching Medical Students in Primary and Secondary Care A resource book

This is an up to date book for busy medical teacher, suitable for all grades of teachers experience and all clinical specialities. The chapters cover aspects of teaching from preparation, basic teaching skills, to the use of teaching resources, evaluation, assessment and curriculum planning. Each fully referenced chapter provides practical suggestions for busy clinicians, and easy to photocopy resources to enable teachers to put ideas into practice. The book supports the practical advice with the key evidence and theories underlying current medical education, allowing it to be used for both last minute planning as well as acting as a carefully constructed introduction to teaching medical undergraduates in the hospital or the community.

This is an up-to-date book for the busy medical teacher, suitable for all grades of teacher experience and all clinical specialties. The chapters cover aspects of teaching from preparation, basic teaching skills, to the use of teaching resources, evaluation, assessment and curriculum planning. Each fully referenced chapter provides practical suggestions for busy clinicians, and easy to photocopy resources to enable teachers to put ideas into practice. The book supports the practical advice with the key evidence and theories underlying current medical education, allowing it to be used for both last minute planning as well as acting as a carefully constructed introduction to teaching medical undergraduates in the hospital or the community.

1 - Introduction
2 - Learning and teaching
3 - Preparing for teaching
4 - Basic teaching skills
5 - Content of session
6 - Designing and using teaching materials
7 - Teaching different group sizes
8 - Teaching in the clinical setting
9 - Designing a course
10 - Assessing students
11 - Evaluating teaching and learning
12 - Developing as a teacher