PROCEEDINGS OF THE DENTAL FACULTIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES

By SUSAN MOORE

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 OPPORTUNITIES IN MEDICAL, DENTAL AND VETERINARY (MDV) EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTRODUCTION 5; FUNCTIONS OF THE CENTRE 6; THE OVERALL PLAN 7; ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS 12; SERVICES AND SUPPORT 13; TAKING TEACHING SERIOUSLY 14; CONCLUSION 16; REFERENCES 2 CULTURE, COLLEGIALITY AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING INTRODUCTION 18; MOVING TOWARDS A LEARNING SOCIETY? 19; COLLEGIALITY 25; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING 29; THE WAY FORWARD 31; CONCLUSION 32; REFERENCES 3 COMMUNICATION SKILLS: ON BEING PATIENT-CENTRED INTRODUCTION 36; MEDICAL EDUCATION 37; DENTAL EDUCATION 38; VETERINARY EDUCATION 38; BREAKING BAD NEWS 39; COMMUNICATION SKILLS 39; THE BIOMEDICAL AND PERSONAL AGENDAS 42; CONSULTATION SKILLS 43; LEARNING AND TEACHING COMMUNICATION SKILLS 44; ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNICATION SKILLS 47; CONCLUSION 48; REFERENCES 4 CURRICULUM INTRODUCTION 51; MDV EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND CURRICULUM 51; LOOKING AT THE CURRICULUM 54; ALL-STAKEHOLDERS CURRICULUM MODEL 60; EXTREME CURRICULA—LECTURE-, PROBLEM-, VIRTUAL- AND COMPETENCY- BASED 61; EXCELLENCE AND COMPETENCY—ARE THEY COMPATIBLE? 67; CONCLUSION 68; REFERENCES 5 ASSESSMENT OF THE STUDENT PRACTITIONER INTRODUCTION 71; THE ROLE OF ASSESSMENT 71; PRINCIPLES OF ASSESSMENT 72; TOOLS OF ASSESSMENT 76; WHO SHOULD ASSESS? 83; WHEN SHOULD ASSESSMENT TAKE PLACE? 85; EVALUATING THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS 86; CONCLUSION 87; REFERENCES 6 LARGE GROUP TEACHING AND INTERACTIVE LECTURES PREAMBLE 90; INTRODUCTION 91; EFFECTIVENESS IN LECTURES 92; PLANNING A LECTURE WITH ACTIVE LEARNING 92; DELIVERY OF CONTENT 95; VARIATIONS IN TEACHING METHODS 97; CONCLUSION 98; REFERENCES 7 LEARNING IN SMALL GROUPS AND PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING INTRODUCTION 101; FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN RUNNING SMALL GROUPS 103; TYPES OF SMALL GROUP WORK 105; THE FACILITATOR 108; COPING WITH SMALL GROUP PROBLEMS 113; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING 116; CONCLUSION 120; REFERENCES 8 USING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND TEACHING ONLINE INTRODUCTION 122; GENERAL ISSUES OF C&IT IN EDUCATION 123; WORKING WITH ELECTRONIC INFORMATION 125; ENGAGING IN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION 127; COMBINING INFORMATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING 128; EXAMPLES OF THE USE OF C&IT IN MDV EDUCATION 130; USING C&IT EFFECTIVELY 132; CONCLUSION 133; REFERENCES 9 SUPPORTING STUDENTS INTRODUCTION 136; SUPPORTING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS 137; TUTORS 144; FEEDBACK 145; SUPPORTING POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS 146; STUDENT COUNSELLING SERVICE 147; CONCLUSION 148; REFERENCES 10 LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS—A TEACHER’S STRATEGY INTRODUCTION 150; TEACHING STRATEGY 153; CONCLUSION 162; REFERENCES 11 LEARNING IN THE CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT INTRODUCTION 164; CREATING A TRUSTING ENVIRONMENT 169; THE USEFULNESS OF FORMAL EDUCATIONAL THEORY 171; SELF-ASSESSMENT COMBINED WITH OPEN AND PRECISE CRITERIA 173; TRAINING FOR CLINICAL TUTORS 177; CONCLUSION 178; REFERENCES 12 DEVELOPING REFLECTIVE CLINICAL PRACTICE INTRODUCTION 180; A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE 181; REFLECTION, REASON AND INTUITION 182; REASONS TO REFLECT ON PRACTICE 184; BUILDING STRUCTURED REFLECTION 187; CONCLUSION 194; REFERENCES 13 DRAWING TOGETHER QUALITY ISSUES, INSTITUTIONAL BENCHMARKING AND REVALIDATION INTRODUCTION 196; QUALITY 196; ISSUES IN THE GOVERNANCE OF TEACHING 199; A CHECKLIST TO PROMOTE QUALITY TEACHING 200; CONCLUSION 205; REFERENCES 14 THE WAY AHEAD FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL AND VETERINARY EDUCATION INTRODUCTION 207; INTEGRATED PEDAGOGY FOR PRACTICE 208; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 211; LIFELONG LEARNING 216; CONCLUSION 218; REFERENCES