Course-Workshop: Fundamentals in Medical Education

In recent years, medical education has gained significant importance and undergone a major transformation in response to demographic and generational changes, technological advancements, and new demands from the health system.

In this context, the Postgraduate and Continuing Education Unit of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Piura offers the Course-Workshop Fundamentals in Medical Education, a program aimed at medical professionals who wish to acquire modern pedagogical skills and innovative teaching methods, to train new generations of high-quality doctors.

General

Acquire skills to design and develop a better teaching style.

Specifics

• Distinguish the different learning theories and establish the differences between pedagogy and andragogy
• Distinguish between the different learning pyramids and design educational activities guided by them.
• Identify the problems that could affect the development of your courses or classes and establish the needs so that these can be improved.
• Develop SMART criteria for the classes and courses in which they participate.
• Recognize the most commonly used active learning techniques and apply them in your academic activities.
• Implement not only summative but also formative assessments that are in accordance with the stated educational objectives.
• Implement basic feedback strategies promoting self-training and reflection.

Doctors interested in teaching

At the end of the course-workshop, participants are expected to acquire the following skills:

• Understanding and Applying Learning Theories
• Planning Activities Based on the Learning Pyramids
• Diagnosis and Improvement of Educational Processes
• Development of SMART Educational Objectives
• Application of Active Learning Techniques
• Implementation of Formative and Summative Assessments
• Development of Feedback Strategies
• Integration of Clinical Reasoning and Humanistic Perspective in Teaching

General: Acquire skills to design and develop a better teaching style

Specifics: 

1. Distinguish the different learning theories and establish the differences between pedagogy and andragogy.
2. Distinguish between the different learning pyramids and design educational activities guided by them.
3. Identify the problems that could affect the development of your courses or classes and establish the needs so that these can be improved.
4. Develop SMART criteria for the classes and courses in which they participate.
5. Recognize the most commonly used active learning techniques and apply them in your academic activities.
6. Implement not only summative but also formative assessments that are in accordance with the stated educational objectives.
7. Implement basic feedback strategies promoting self-training and reflection.
8. Incorporate elements of clinical reasoning into your courses and classes and highlight the role of the humanities to achieve a patient-centered medical practice.