Day 2 Afternoon

Dr. Chris Smith (@ccsmith269) came back for his second talk on assessment of learning. He taught us that to be competent one must possess the required skills in all domains within a certain context at a defined stage of education or practice. He discussed the important issues of “competent vs. competence.” Dr. Smith added another pyramid to our repertoire of pyramids – Miller’s Pyramid (knows, knows how, shows how, does) and talked about how to get the top of Miller’s Pyramid! Dr. Smith shared with us that “assessment drives learning and learning is the key purpose of assessment.”

Dr. Huma Farid gave us an inspiring talk on mentoring. She talked about the benefits of mentoring for career advancement and to mitigate burnout. She taught us the concept for Spentor (sponsor + mentor) and described how she benefited from Dr. Atkins mentorship and sponsorship. She told us the key steps to build the mentorship relationship:

·      Identify goals

·      Create an action plan

·      Address mentee challenges

·      Provide networking opportunities

·      Focus on strengths

·      Provide feedback

·      Share career history

·      Regularly review goals

 Dr. Schwartzstein then taught us about how to design and deliver more effective lectures – a big challenge these days! He provided some techniques to improve learner engagement. (There is that word engagement again! How many times has this been brought up throughout the course?!?!) The goals of a good lecture are to inspire learners, challenge them, and transmit information. Dr. Schwartzstein expanded upon the use of questions that you heard about from Dr. Hayes and Dr. Fishman. Dr. Schwartzstein shared some tips and tricks for an effective flipped classroom and there was a lot of great discussion in the chat.