Weekly e-mailed teaching tips and reading material influence teaching among general surgery residents.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:A nonintrusive e-mail reminder incorporating teaching tips and manuscripts was developed to supplement resident-as-teacher curricula. METHODS:Ten high-yield manuscripts and 10 teaching tips exemplifying the themes of mentorship or role modeling, teaching methods, adult learning theory, feedback, and the resident role of teaching were distributed to general surgery house staff through a weekly e-mail series. House staff completed surveys before and after the 20-week e-mail series. RESULTS:Thirty (43%) and 28 (40%) respondents completed the pre-e-mail and post-e-mail survey, respectively. Residents found teaching tips to be more helpful than manuscripts. Weekly e-mail reminders were "just right" in frequency according to 74% of respondents. Forty percent of residents felt the weekly e-mails helped them teach more often and 50% of residents changed their teaching style. CONCLUSIONS:Weekly reminders are an easy way to encourage resident teaching without a significant resident time commitment. Residents typically find teaching tips to be more useful than manuscripts.

journal_name

Am J Surg

authors

Watkins AA,Gondek SP,Lagisetty KH,Castillo-Angeles M,Gangadharan SP,Cahalane MJ,Kent TS

doi

10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.05.004

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-01-01 00:00:00

pages

195-201.e3

issue

1

eissn

0002-9610

issn

1879-1883

pii

S0002-9610(16)30280-X

journal_volume

213

pub_type

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