Resident as Teacher (RaT) Experience

Foundations of Emergency Medicine’s core content Foundations I (F1) and Foundations II (F2) courses provide a ripe opportunity for a structured Resident as Teacher (RaT) Experience for senior residents.

 

FoEM Resident as Teacher Experience

  • Key Goals
    • Challenging senior residents to understand core and critical content on an advanced level (teaching/explaining)
    • Incorporating a formal Resident as Teacher experience that includes mentored small group teaching, coaching, and feedback from Faculty Teaching Coaches
  • Anticipated Workload for the Resident Educator
    • Advanced preparation (1-2 hr) prior to Foundations Case teaching (# required determined by program)
    • Resident Educators may voluntarily create coordinated Teaching Slides using a provided template and submit for potential national publication on the FoEM website.
  • Anticipated Benefits to Resident :
    • Valuable and engaging way to spend conference time with higher order learning and advanced skill development (giving feedback, remediation of learners, etc. ) that will benefit them wherever they ultimately work (teaching formal learners or overseeing APPs at community sites).
    • Way to bolster CVs as they apply for/interview for jobs (FoEM Educator role within leadership, teaching/presentations for each case in teaching role).
    • May inform preference for community vs academics.
  • Anticipated Workload for the Faculty Teaching Coach
    • Advanced preparation (2-3 hr) per meeting, inclusive of supporting preparation, overseeing classroom meetings, and providing feedback to Resident Educators.
    • Teaching Coaches may serve as an editor for coordinated Teaching Slides using a provided template and submit for potential national publication on the FoEM website.
  • Anticipated Benefits to the Program :
    • Empower senior residents and challenge them with a longitudinal teaching experience.
    • Reduce the reliance on faculty for small group teaching.
    • Strengthen relationships between resident classes.

  

 

To support implementation of the FoEM RaT Experience, we have developed a number of resources for your program to use.  Take advantage of the following RaT Implementation Resources:

 

If you have any questions about the FoEM RaT Experience, you can reach out to FoEM’s Creator and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Kristen Grabow Moore (kristen@foundationsem.com).

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