scholarly journals Using a Learning Coach to Develop Family Medicine Residents' Goal-Setting and Reflection Skills

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul George ◽  
Shmuel Reis ◽  
Margaret Dobson ◽  
Melissa Nothnagle
Keyword(s):  
Family Medicine ◽  
Rhode Island ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Junior Faculty ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Junior Faculty Member ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Protected Time ◽  
Learning Coach

Abstract Background Self-directed learning (SDL) skills, such as self-reflection and goal setting, facilitate learning throughout a physician's career. Yet, residents do not often formally engage in these activities during residency. Intervention To develop resident SDL skills, we created a learning coach role for a junior faculty member to meet with second-year residents monthly to set learning goals and promote reflection. Methods The study was conducted from 2008–2010 at the Brown Family Medicine Residency in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. During individual monthly meetings with the learning coach, residents entered their learning goals and reflections into an electronic portfolio. A mixed-methods evaluation, including coach's ratings of goal setting and reflection, coach's meeting notes, portfolio entries, and resident interviews, was used to assess progress in residents' SDL abilities. Results Coach ratings of 25 residents' goal-setting ability increased from a mean of 1.9 to 4.6 (P < .001); ratings of reflective capacity increased from a mean of 2.0 to 4.7 (P < .001) during each year. Resident portfolio entries showed a range of domains for goal setting and reflection. Resident interviews demonstrated progressive independence in setting goals and appreciation of the value of reflection for personal development. Conclusions Introducing a learning coach, use of a portfolio, and providing protected time for self-reflected learning allowed residents to develop SDL skills at their own pace. The learning coach model may be applicable to other residency programs in developing resident lifelong learning skills.

OPTIONAL TRAINING AS A RESOURCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH COMPETENCE OF STUDENTS IN GRADES 6-7

2021 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-96
Author(s):  
K. Askarbekova ◽  
◽  
Z. Kanayeva ◽  
O. Yaroshenko ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Educational Standards ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Research Competence ◽  
The World

This article examines the essence of the research abilities of students formed in elective classes in biology as a category and factor of personal development. The content of the curriculum in biology is also considered, and activities aimed at achieving learning goals that are related to the development of skills are included. In modern secondary education of Kazakhstan, modernization processes successfully implemented in recent years, is carried out with the aim of its integration into the world educational space and approximation to international educational standards on the approval of standard rules of activity by types of general education organizations for the purposeful formation of research skills of students, which is determined at the legislative level "Research competence in the classification of A.V. Khutorsky is considered as an integral part of cognitive competence, which includes elements of methodological, supra-subject, logical activities, methods of organizing goal-setting, planning, analysis, reflection.

OPTIONAL TRAINING AS A RESOURCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OFRESEARCHCOMPETENCEOFSTUDENTSIN GRADES6-7

2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Askarbekova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Educational Standards ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Research Competence ◽  
The World

This article examines the essence of the research abilities of students formed in elective classes in biology as a category and factor of personal development. The content of the curriculum in biology is also considered, and activities aimed at achieving learning goals that are related to the development of skills are included. In modern secondary education of Kazakhstan, modernization processes successfully implemented in recent years, is carried out with the aim of its integration into the world educational space and approximation to international educational standards on the approval of standard rules of activity by types of general education organizations for the purposeful formation of research skills of students, which is determined at the legislative level "Research competence in the classification of A.V. Khutorsky is considered as an integral part of cognitive competence, which includes elements of methodological, supra-subject, logical activities, methods of organizing goal-setting, planning, analysis, reflection.

scholarly journals Enhancing your scholarship as a family medicine junior faculty member

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. e000426
Author(s):  
Lisa K Rollins
Keyword(s):  
Family Medicine ◽  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Junior Faculty ◽  
Research Capacity ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Academic Departments ◽  
Junior Faculty Member ◽  
Academic Track ◽  
Professional Development Needs ◽  
The Relationship

Family medicine faculty are often expected to produce some form of scholarship as members of academic departments. However, this can be challenging given a range of contextual factors, including limited research capacity in many departments, increased competition for funding and individual challenges around balancing multiple roles, unclear expectations and lack of mentorship, to name a few. The purpose of this reflection is to discuss seven content areas that might be addressed by faculty in order to promote scholarship, particularly among junior faculty. These include: 1) knowing your academic track and its associated expectations by rank, as well as the scholarship expectations within your department; 2) considering your personal goals, interests, professional development needs and the relationship between meaningful work and burnout; 3) starting small and building towards a niche content area; 4) finding collaborators and the benefits of collaboration; 5) seeking alignment between your scholarship and work that you already are performing; 6) educating yourself about available outlets for scholarship and 7) seeking mentorship.

scholarly journals Goal-Setting on a Geriatric Medicine Rotation: A Pilot Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 238212051989398
Author(s):  
Jillian Alston ◽  
Evelyn Cheung ◽  
Dov Gandell
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Geriatric Medicine ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Protected Time ◽  
Quality Feedback ◽  
Intervention Goal ◽  
Barriers To Implementation

Background: Formal goal-setting has been shown to enhance performance and improve educational experiences. We initiated a standardized goal-setting intervention for all residents rotating through a Geriatric Medicine rotation. Objectives: This study aims to describe the feasibility of a goal-setting intervention on a geriatric medicine rotation, the resources required, and the barriers to implementation. As well, this study aims to describe the learning goals residents created regarding content and quality. Methods: A pilot goal-setting intervention was initiated. A goal-setting form was provided at the beginning of their rotation and reviewed at the end of the rotation. Residents were invited to complete an anonymous online survey to gather feedback on the initiative. Goals were analysed for content and quality. Feedback from the survey results was incorporated into the goal-setting process. Results: Between March and December 2018, 26 of 44 residents completed the goal-setting initiative. Explanations for the poor adherence included limited protected time for faculty and residents to engage in coaching, its voluntary nature, and trainee absence during orientation. Reasons for difficulty in achieving goals included lack of faculty and trainee time and difficulty assisting residents in achieving goals when no clinical opportunities arose. Although only 59% of residents completed the intervention, if goal-setting took place, most of the goals were specific (71 of 77; 92%) and 35 of 77 (45.5%) goals were not related to medical knowledge. Conclusions: This pilot study outlines the successes and barriers of a brief goal-setting intervention during a Geriatric Medicine rotation. Adherence was limited; however, of those who did complete the intervention, the creation of specific goals with a short, structured goal-setting form was possible. To enhance the intervention, goal-setting form completion should be enforced and efforts should be made to engage in mid-rotation check-ins and coaching.

scholarly journals EULAR portfolio for Rheumatology training: a EULAR School of Rheumatology initiative

RMD Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. e001684
Author(s):  
Marloes van Onna ◽  
Sofia Ramiro ◽  
Catherine Haines ◽  
Mette Holland-Fischer ◽  
Jose Antonio Pereira da Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personal Development ◽  
Portfolio Assessment ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
Multisource Feedback ◽  
Reflective Writing ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Moderate Risk ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Curriculum Vitae ◽  
Personal Reflections

ObjectiveAbout half of the rheumatology trainees do not use a portfolio. This project was established to reach consensus about the content of a EULAR portfolio for Rheumatology training and subsequently develop portfolio assessment forms.MethodsAfter establishing a portfolio working group (WG), including nine rheumatologists and one educationalist, a systematic literature review (SLR) on the content and structure of portfolios for postgraduate learning was conducted (November 2018). This was followed by a survey among WG members and members of the EMerging EUlar NETwork, inquiring about the content and structure of existing national portfolios. The portfolio WG selected the key components of the portfolio, taking previous experience and feasibility into account. Assessment forms (eg, case-based discussion) were developed and pilot-tested.Results13/2034 articles were included in the SLR (12 high/1 moderate risk of bias). Information on procedural skills, personal reflections, learning goals and multisource feedback was most often included a portfolio. Twenty-five respondents completed the survey (response≈50%). Feedback from assessors, reflective writing and formulation of learning goals were considered important dimensions to be covered in a portfolio. Six key components of the portfolio were established: curriculum vitae, personal development plan, clinical work, professional behaviours, education and research activities. Suggested minimal content for each component was formulated. Four assessment forms were successfully pilot-tested by 11 rheumatologists and their trainees.ConclusionA EULAR portfolio for Rheumatology training and assessment forms were developed. Portfolio implementation, particularly in countries without an existing portfolio, may promote a higher standard of rheumatology training across Europe.

scholarly journals Perceptions of a Remote Learning Pathology Elective for Advanced Clinical Medical Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 237428952110068
Author(s):  
Kara S. Tanaka ◽  
Rageshree Ramachandran
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Asynchronous Learning ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Anatomic Pathology ◽  
Institutional Review ◽  
Clinical Clerkships ◽  
Remote Learning

In mid-March 2020, our institution removed most medical students from in-person clinical clerkships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department of Pathology responded by transitioning a fourth-year clinical elective to an all-remote format composed of synchronous didactics, daily clinical sign-out utilizing digital microscopy, and asynchronous learning materials. Thirty-seven medical students completed 2- or 4-week anatomic pathology electives tailored to meet their career goals and allowing them to progress toward graduation. Institutional Review Board approval was granted to survey students’ perceptions of engagement in the remote learning environment. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected using a standardized school-wide end-of-rotation survey, an online survey developed by the authors, and students’ self-directed learning goals. End-of-rotation data showed the remote pathology course performed well (4.88 of possible 5) when compared to all advanced clinical clerkships (4.51, n = 156 courses), all elective rotations (4.41, n = 50 courses), and the traditional in-person pathology elective (4.73). Core strengths in the virtual environment included high educational value, flexibility of content and schedule, organization, tailoring to an individual’s learning goals, and a positive education environment. Deficits included the inability to gross surgical specimens, inadequate observation or feedback about students’ skills, and impaired social connections. Areas for improvement included requests for in-person experiences and development of themed tracks for career exploration. Many aspects of anatomic pathology appear well-suited to the remote learning environment. While the remote model may not be sufficient for students pursuing careers in pathology, it can be adapted to increase nonpathologists’ understanding of interdisciplinary clinical collaboration with pathologists.

A Mother-Scholar During COVID-19

2020 ◽  
pp. 107780042097875
Author(s):  
Van Lac
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Faculty Member ◽  
Research Productivity ◽  
Junior Faculty ◽  
Junior Faculty Member ◽  
Tenure Track ◽  
Qualitative Researcher ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Emergent Literature

This poem highlights the current challenges and the lived realities of a mother-scholar during COVID-19. As a mother of two young children, the author details how the global pandemic has thrown her life into chaos as she attempts to provide support to her children with distance learning while also fulfilling her duties with teaching, research, and service as a junior faculty member on the tenure-track. Reinforcing the emergent literature on the lack of research productivity during this pandemic for mother-scholars, the author as a qualitative researcher illuminates this exact challenge in her poem.

scholarly journals Helping Students Achieve

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nerelie Teese
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Life Skill ◽  
Middle Years ◽  
Personal Learning ◽  
Middle Years Of Schooling ◽  
Teacher Librarians ◽  
Experience Difficulty ◽  
Years Of Schooling

Setting personal learning goals is an important life skill that students are encouraged to develop from the middle years of schooling onwards. However, some students experience difficulty with the processes involved in setting and achieving their goals. This professional paper looks at the role teacher librarians have in collaboratively planning, resourcing, and extending and enriching goal setting activities. Providing resources with authentic examples of goal setting by people from the wider community is one way of developing and extending the motivation and commitment students need to become successful in goal setting tasks and activities. One such resource is recommended and details of it are outlined with suggestions for extending and enriching it with a visit or virtual presentation from its author.

scholarly journals Critical Self-Reflection as Disruption: A Black Feminist Self-Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-38
Author(s):  
Benikia Kressler
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Teacher Educator ◽  
Junior Faculty ◽  
Junior Faculty Member ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
White Middle Class ◽  
Self Study ◽  
Educators Of Color

As the PK-12 student population grows more diverse, the teaching population steadfastly continues to be white middle-class women (NCES, 2016). Critical teacher educators understand the importance of preparing pre-service teachers to become culturally responsive and sustaining (CR/S) practitioners by engaging in culturally relevant education (CRE). Critical teacher educators, particularly those of color from historically marginalized groups, can be important advocates in the struggle to strengthen the teaching candidate pool of CR/S practitioners. Building a cadre of teachers, who are poised to decolonize minds and spaces, sustains the work of many teacher educators of color. However, the acts of teaching and learning in most institutions of education are inundated with oppressive norms such as white privilege, xenophobia and anti-blackness. It is this reality in which I, a Black female junior teacher educator, attempt to disrupt normative teaching practices within a special education course. This self-study examined insight derived from a focus group as well as from my self-reflections conducted over the course of two semesters (Spring 2018 to Fall 2018). Using a qualitative methodological approach, the findings indicated tensions between my vulnerable position of being a junior faculty member and my desire to dismantle normative deficit practices through critical self-reflection.    

A Re-Evaluation of Backward Design in Goal Setting, Assessment and Instruction Planning in International Baccalaureate

2021 ◽  
pp. 18-36
Author(s):  
Hyeon-Suk Kang ◽  
Kang-Ye Na
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
International Baccalaureate ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Backward Design ◽  
Course Materials ◽  
Innovative System

Much research in the field of International Baccalaureate (IB) education has focused on the strengths and weaknesses of this innovative system of education. In contrast, this chapter aims to return the discussion to the more fundamental aspects of IB by considering more deeply the issue of “backward design” and its relevance to the IB in the Korean and Asian contexts. The backward design consists of a) setting goals for learning, b) designing evaluation criteria to assess mastery of the course materials, and c) planning of the instruction in order to attain the learning goals.

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