tTeaching the Teachers

Merete Jørgensen and Klaus WittDepartment of General Practice, University of Copenhagen

First U of C graduated with exam in General Practice in 1992 A clinical course of four weeks (20 days)

First U of C graduated with exam in General Practice in 1992 A clinical course of four weeks (20 days)

4 courses per term, 50 students in each (400 students per year)

25 part-time teachers for the in-house teaching

> 200 general practitioners

Coordinate and develop the teaching

Continuously update all of the teachers,

Introduce new teachers

Coordinate and develop the teaching

Continuously update all of the teachers,

Introduce new teachers

Afternoon and evening sessions at the department

Medical School Center for Pedagogical Development

Aims

Upgrading of knowledge about teaching and learning

Revising the present general practice course

Creating teaching materials

Developing a team spirit

Teaching the teachers 2008

9 days:

5 whole day teaching sessions at the department

2 residential two-day sessions at a conference center

Classroom teaching, groups of 24 Epidemiology and methods of Danish general practiceThe consultation process and communication skills

Classroom teaching, groups of 24 Epidemiology and methods of Danish general practiceThe consultation process and communication skills

Individually, 10 days in a general practiceSeeing patients before the doctor sees the patient Videorecording their effort

Classroom teaching, groups of 24 Epidemiology and methods of Danish general practiceThe consultation process and communication skills

Individually, 10 days in a general practiceSeeing patients before the doctor sees the patient Videorecording their effort

Groups of 12 at the departmentStudent shows a videothe group analyses the consultation process and gives feed-backdiscuss the kind of problem that the patient brought to the doctordiscuss how to handle similar problems in other patients

The CPD assigned a member of their staff to evaluate the course by

Observing all sessions

Participant interviews and a questionnaire

why they have chosen to teach medical students what they think of the general practice curriculum and of the teaching

their reasons to participate in Teaching the teachersand what they learned from it or missed

Every part of the planning and teaching was discussed

We learned how differently we see and do certain things

Every part of the planning and teaching was discussed

We learned how differently we see and do certain things

The time together was well spent

It is a lot of work even with professional assistance

Every part of the planning and teaching was discussed

We learned how differently we see and do certain things

The time together was well spent

It is a lot of work even with professional assistance

but it is worth the effort