TIPS for Faculty

TIPS (Teaching Improvement Project System) for Faculty is a two day workshop designed to enhance the participant’s expertise as an instructor through sessions in which selected instructional techniques will be analyzed, practiced and evaluated. The sessions include presentations, discussions and independent work. Participants prepare and present in small group, two ten-minute teaching sessions (micro teaches) from their own repertoire. On the second day, the participants will be divided into the following groups:

People who teach primarily in classroom settings practice and enhance valuable teaching skills including teaching large classes and foundational principles of student assessment.

People who teach primarily in a clinical setting will learn clinical teaching skills including how to use the Precepting Using Microskills method.

We anticipate that by the end of the TIPS course, you will be able to:

  • Write instructional objectives
  • Plan an instructional session with an appropriate Set, Body, and Closure
  • Deliver a planned instructional session
  • Use audiovisual aids effectively
  • Critique instructional sessions
  • Apply TIPS techniques to different types of instructional sessions
  • Choose to continue to strengthen your teaching skills and
  • Become an advocate for better teaching and learning at the College of Medicine
  • Give effective feedback.

Clinical Specific:

  • Describe how your teaching style affects students
  • Create a plan for involving other professionals in your teaching
  • Create a plan for involving patients in your teaching
  • Create an educational plan with the student
  • Describe a conceptual framework for Deliberate Practice
  • Facilitate clinical reasoning skills
  • Describe teaching procedural skills
  • Identify the best teaching techniques for your setting
  • Describe the relationship between objectives, teaching technique, and assessment
  • Apply the OPEN model for delivering feedback
  • Identify formal tools to assess clinical performance
  • Discuss the CALMER approach for students experiencing academic difficulty.