The Educator Toolkit is a curated list of resources that educators can look to for models of best practice, including books, journals, websites, and key articles (seminal) that have influenced practice. The items that are included have been recommended or created by Fine Family Academy of Educators members or professional organizations.
The Fine Family Academy of Educators also provides Educational Consultation services in a variety of areas. Please contact us for more information at Request an Educational Consultation Session.
Examples of support may include
- Curriculum mapping
- Curriculum development
- Course design
- Interactive teaching practices
- Small group teaching
- Self-directed learning
- Situated learning
- Peer observation
- Simulation/standardized patients
- OSCEs
- Bedside teaching
- Providing feedback to learners
- Assessment of learning
- Educational scholarship
Academies:
Academies Collaborative Resources: Resources (academiescollaborative.com)
Vanderbilt University: https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/just-in-time-teaching-jitt/
UNC School of Medicine: Resources/FAQ | Academy of Educators (unc.edu)
Organizations:
AAMC: MedEd Portal
Recorded webinars can be found on the Building Better Curriculum Webinar homepage in the “Special Edition: New & Emerging Trends in Health Professions Education” section.
Clinical Teaching and Learning Experiences: A Resource Collection to Support Innovations in Health Professions Education. https://icollaborative.aamc.org/collection/covid19-alternative-learning-experiences/
AMEE: amee.org
BEME: www.bemecollaboration.org
IAMSE: www.iamse.org
Instructional Design:
http://www.instructionaldesign.org/theories/
The Learning Scientists:
https://www.learningscientists.org/
SGEA: (Southern Group on Educational Affairs)
https://www.aamc.org/professional-development/affinity-groups/gea/sgea
Med Ed journals:
Academic Medicine
Advances in Health Sciences Education.
BMC Medical Education.
Education for Health.
Education for Primary Care.
Evaluation and the Health Professions.
Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions.
Journal of Medical Ethics.
Journal of the International Association of Medical Science Educators.
Medical Education.
Medical Education Online.
Medical Teacher
Twelve tips for clinical teaching with telemedicine visitsTwelve tips for mindful teachingPostgraduate Medical Journal.
Teaching and Learning in Medicine
Seminal Articles:
Thibault GE. The future of health professions education: Emerging trends in the United States. FASEB BioAdvances. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1096/fba.2020-00061
Lucey CR, Thibault GE, Ten Cate O. Competency-based, time-variable education in the health professions: crossroads. Acad Med. 2018;93(3S Competency-Based, Time-Variable Education in the Health Professions):S1-S5. https://doi.org/10.1097/acm.0000000000002080
Thibault GE. Humanism in medicine: what does it mean and why is it more important than ever? Acad Med. 2019;94(8):1074-1077. https://doi.org/10.1097/acm.0000000000002796
Books:
The ABCs of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How They Work, and When to Use Them
Curriculum Development for Medical Education: A Six-Step Approach
Good to Great and the Social Sectors
The Hidden Curriculum in Health Professional Education
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
Remediation of the Struggling Medical Learner
Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning
Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well
Understanding Medical Education
Educational Tools:
Just in Time Teaching (JiTT) infographics: free app for teaching and learning in medical education, Northwell Health INC. For more information contact Alive Fornari, EdD FAMEE RDN, afornari@northwell.edu
Fine Family Academy of Educators Videos:
Facilitating Small Groups Virtually
Self directed and self-regulated learning
Online Instructional Design and Technology Resources:
https://rise.articulate.com/share/h181ORe2SgK79z0pTShLng0K4Qjfhst4#/
Blogs:
Harvard Macy Community Blog: https://www.harvardmacy.org/index.php/hmi
#MedEdChat: MedEdChat – Alliance for Clinical Education
@HarvardMacy
Podcasts:
Faculty Factory: https://facultyfactory.org/
KeyLIME Medical Education: https://keylimepodcast.libsyn.com/
Grants/Funding/Awards:
AMEE Faculty Research Development Grants
IAMSE Travel Awards
Scholarly research:
Glassick CE. . Boyer's expanded definitions of scholarship, the standards for assessing scholarship, and the elusiveness of the scholarship of teaching. Acad Med. 2000; 75 9: 877– 880. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
Sullivan G. M. (2018). A Toolkit for Medical Education Scholarship. Journal of graduate medical education, 10(1), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-17-00974.1
The Academy offers support to faculty in their teaching practice. Our Academy members, as colleagues, are available for an educator-to-educator conversation that can help colleagues improve their educational practices . Please submit an email to the Academy indicating what you would like help with: be as specific as possible to include learner type, program, course or module and what you are requesting support with. This will help align the appropriate Academy member with your request.
Request an Educational Consultation Session
Examples of support may include
- Curriculum mapping
- Curriculum development
- Course design
- Interactive teaching practices
- Small group teaching
- Self-directed learning
- Situated learning
- Peer observation
- Simulation/standardized patients
- OSCEs
- Bedside teaching
- Providing feedback to learners
- Assessment of learning
- Educational scholarship