Perspectives on the Development of Teaching Skills The benefits and challenges of using peer teaching strategies have been extensively documented in the medical and nursing literature. Broscious and others7 described a program in which senior students on a clinical unit acted as peer coaches to junior students. Evaluations by both groups indicated that the program [...]
Design and Implementation of Teaching Activities If the addition of a teaching or precepting activity to the residency program is to be considered, proper design and implementation are required. Although it can be argued that no brief experience during a residency can prepare the resident to fulfill the responsibilities of a preceptor, an activity that [...]
The UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences requires undergraduate students to give oral presentations to peers many times throughout the curriculum. In doing so, students develop learning objectives and provide feedback to one another. However, the curriculum does not give them any opportunities to develop the skills in teacher-student relationships that will be needed in pharmacy [...]
During the residency program, pharmacy residents have opportunities to teach a variety of learners: patients (e.g., through medication counselling), pharmacists (e.g., through case presentations), peers (e.g., through formal presentations), nurses (e.g., through in-service sessions), physicians and medical residents (e.g., through ward rounds or therapeutic discussions), and sometimes the general public (e.g., through community outreach presentations). [...]
Survey of Current BC Residency Coordinators The response rate for the survey of coordinators of BC residency programs was 100% (8/8). The demographic characteristics of the respondents are presented in Table 3. In describing the teaching and precepting conducted at their institutions, 3 (38%) of the coordinators stated that in some clinical rotations, the resident [...]
