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I had the honor of attending @UCD_Psychiatry Grand Rounds with the famous educator @KazJNelson today.
She had 3 PowerPoint slides.
She promised to change the way we think about teaching.
She did.
She had 3 PowerPoint slides.
She promised to change the way we think about teaching.
She did.
So much of what she said was familiar from my outdoor ed days: people have to feel safe to learn, and will really only remember 1 main point.
Teaching on the side of trails, in caves, on top of mountains and waterfalls, it was easier to pare down to essentials.
Me teaching then:
Teaching on the side of trails, in caves, on top of mountains and waterfalls, it was easier to pare down to essentials.
Me teaching then:
But the lecture hall, the ease of PowerPoint, and the 60-minute timeslot have lure us into the Olden Ways of Med Ed: barrage defenseless and terrified students with USMLE information, and hope they'll retain some of it.
Me teaching now:
Me teaching now:
This isn't how students learn now, and it shouldn't be how we teach.
I should know, I was so unimpressed with the teaching when I started med school that I moved back to Yosemite after my 1st semester, finished out my pre-clinical years by CD ROM, and never went to class again.
I should know, I was so unimpressed with the teaching when I started med school that I moved back to Yosemite after my 1st semester, finished out my pre-clinical years by CD ROM, and never went to class again.
@KazJNelson stimulated a lot of good discussion about how to rethink the Old Ways, and update our teaching methods to match students' ways of modern learning.
She also claims once you turn off the firehose, students have more capacity to dream up and do cool stuff - who knew??
She also claims once you turn off the firehose, students have more capacity to dream up and do cool stuff - who knew??
So much of medical education is done the way it's done because we've always done it that way. Time to move forward.
Thanks for all these thoughts you stimulated, @KazJNelson!
Thanks for all these thoughts you stimulated, @KazJNelson!
