Senior Resident Teaching Rotation: Resident Resource/Resident Educator
I co-created this rotation that all 7 of our senior (PGY-3) pediatrics residents will participate in this academic year during one of their newly required Individualized Educational Units. At larger residency programs, residents can choose tracks that are in line with career goals. As our program is small, we are working with residents to create experiences that are not in tracks but that cater to individual goals. This teaching experience is very individual in that the resident creates teaching experiences using modalities and topics that are relevant to his/her career path. Pillars of the experience include quality of teaching, instructional design, mentorship, professional development and reflection. Each resident creates a teaching portfolio encompassing these areas that is turned in on the final day of the rotation and graded by multiple faculty members based on a rubric I have developed. Rotation materials are housed on Moodle, which is a new interface for the residents to learn to use during the rotation. Initial evaluation of the rotation has been based on exit interviews with individual residents. We will have formal resident written evaluations at the end of this year. We have made improvements to the rotation during its pilot year based on monthly feedback from initial participants. (See also Products of Educational Scholarship for a poster presentation, a website and reflections about the development of this rotation).
Serious Senior Surfing Board Review Course
Developer, implementer and instructor for “Serious Senior Surfing,” an intensive weekly PREP based small group discussion board review course for senior residents preparing for the pediatric boards utilizing a modified version of team based learning. (See examples in Teaching Activities and Evaluation).
Resident Support
Developed tools for resident support and pre-remediation including learning plans, advisor materials and milestone-based evaluations.
Please see milestones faculty development session in Teaching Activities and Evaluation.