What to Expect from Different Levels of Learners

Presenters: Timothy Baker, MD, Associate Professor, Internal Medicine - Vice Dean, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine; Brian Lauf, DMSc, Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine/Director Physician Assistant Studies; and Nicole Jacobs, Ph.D., Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Science/Associate Dean, Diversity and Inclusion

Online CME Credit
These courses are FREE with an active Community or Joint Faculty appointment at UNR Med. For questions or inquiries regarding this program series, please contact adamwilkinson@med.unr.edu.

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Provides 1.00 hour of CE/CME credit (Presented on DATE; Reviewed DATE; Expires DATE)

Overview

Timothy Baker MD, Brian Lauf DMSc, and Nicole Jacobs Ph.D. will provide valuable insights and strategies. They will teach you how to adjust your teaching methods and expectations to suit medical learners’ varying levels of knowledge and skills. Understanding these differences allows you to identify where each student is in their medical learning journey, creating an appropriately challenging environment that fosters growth. This approach will better prepare future physicians to serve communities in Nevada. You will learn to recall and describe the varying knowledge levels of medical students, recognizing distinct learning objectives and differentiating clinical competencies at various educational stages. You will critically examine how to adjust lesson plans and curriculum rigor based on students’ experience levels and consider their diverse backgrounds when teaching in a clinical setting. 

This session topic is part of a clinical teaching professional development series presented by the Office of Community Faculty. To view all session topics in this series, please click on Office of Community Faculty Program Series. These courses are FREE with an active Community or Joint Faculty appointment at UNR Med. Please email adamwilkinson@med.unr.edu if you have any questions.

Learning Objectives

Following participation in this course, participants should be able to:

  • Describe the varying knowledge levels of medical students, clarifying what tasks they will or will not be proficient in within a medical setting
  • Demonstrate comprehension by recognizing the distinct learning objectives relevant to different stages of medical education in clinical settings
  • Differentiate between the clinical competencies of medical students at various educational levels
  • Examine how lesson plans and curriculum rigor should be adjusted based on the experience level of the medical students
  • Examine how the medical year students are in, and the student’s diverse backgrounds should be considered when teaching in a clinical setting