CTD1 Foundational

This faculty development program focuses on developing the teaching and assessment skills for faculty involved in classroom teaching.

Learning objectives provide the foundation guiding the instructor with developing content and designing instructional strategy for classroom teaching.  Before planning a course curriculum or an individual teaching session, learn how to construct learning objectives that are useful to both instructors and students.

Learn strategies to make the material "stick", promoting long-term retention and enabling learners to take it with them out of the conference room and into practice.  Learning happens when the audience has to grapple with concepts, solve problems, and apply content to new situations.  This workshop focuses on promoting active learning strategies, scaffolding content, and designing "brain-friendly" teaching slides.

This workshop builds on active learning strategies with an emphasis on flipped teaching and case-based learning.  Learn how to design a flipped classroom and incorporate case-based learning to encourage student interaction and promote deep learning.

Although often meant to be interactive, one teacher and less than 20 students can be an intimidating setting.  Learn strategies to engage all learners in discussion and the learning process.

Although we acknowledge the limitations of multiple-choice questions, they remain the most frequent assessment tool in medical school.  Learn how to construct high quality questions that assess a broad range of skills.