Clinician Educator/Ward Star Elective
Faculty Lead: Catherine Ezzio, MD
Welcome to the Clinician Educator Elective (CEE) and Ward Star!! Both the CEE and Ward Star rotations are focused on teaching. The Ward Star elective takes the place of a service block for residents and incorporates more clinical wards support while continuing to encourage growth in medical education.
Goals:
- Practice teaching skills through multiple different modalities, including morning report, chalk talks, online teaching, bedside teaching, "on-the-fly" teaching, procedural teaching, simulation, and medical education scholarship
- Develop educational resources to enhance learning for students and residents
- And, for Ward Star: Provide support to wards teams as needed while incorporating teaching
| Resource/Document | Description | Links |
| Clinician Educator Overview | Contains goals, objectives, sample schedule, expectations and resources. Also a menu of educational experiences and resources of various formats of teaching. | Overview |
| Organizational Meetings | Please fill out the first form prior to meeting with Catherine and the Chiefs before the rotation. This will guide your schedule and experience. There are 2 other forms in this document to guide a mid-rotation and end-rotation meeting with Catherine and the Chiefs. | Meetings Template |
| Teaching Evaluation Form | Evaluation form to be given to attendings, co-residents, students, etc for teaching sessions | |
| Clinician Educator Online Curriculum | Series of videos on various teaching formats prepared by past resident and chief extraordinaire Harun Thimmiah. | Woo Insider Resource: Clinician Educator Curriculum |
| How-To's |
Examples and guidance on how to develop core educational materials including chalk talks, non conference, bedside teaching, simulation, teaching scripts, and Woo Insider topics. |
How-to Examples |
| Further Reading and Resources | Contains citations and links to curated med ed, med ed scholarship, and DEI resources. | Further Reading |