A guide to the ATSM in Medical Education: Article 3: teaching and assessment in the clinical setting

✍ Scribed by Manjeet Shehmar; Khalid S Khan

• Book ID: 111837726
• Publisher: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• Year: 2010
• Weight: 440 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1467-2561
• DOI: 10.1576/toag.12.3.199.27603

✦ Synopsis

Key content

Busy clinical settings can be put to good use for teaching through observation and role modelling.

Teaching and learning in the clinical setting highlight the relevance of education to practice.

Work‐based assessments are strong determinants of learning.

Learning objectives

Trainees and trainers to be introduced to the main medical education theories on teaching and assessment in the clinical setting.

Trainees to be able to use structured strategies for maximising teaching and learning in a clinical setting.

Trainers to know how to take full advantage of learning and teaching opportunities for trainees during their usual clinical sessions and to observe their performance.

Ethical issues

What are the rights of patients when trainers involve them in their teaching?

How can a non‐threatening educational environment be created for trainees when they are being taught in front of patients?

Please cite this article as: Shehmar M, Khan KS. A guide to the ATSM in Medical Education: Article 3: teaching and assessment in the clinical setting. The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist 2010;12:199–205.