title: Improving teaching skills in obstetrics and gynecology residents: evaluation of a residents-as-teachers program.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to determine if a residents-as-teachers program improves residents' teaching skills.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-four residents (13 intervention, 11 controls) participated in a controlled trial of a residents-as-teachers program. The intervention group attended a 10.5-hour workshop-based program. Afterwards, both groups were tested with a 6-station Objective Structured Teaching Examination (OSTE), conducted by standardized students. Both groups also completed teaching skills self-assessment questionnaires. In addition, the intervention group completed evaluations of each workshop.
  
  
  RESULTS
  On the OSTE, the intervention group outscored the control group overall (mean: 74 vs 63, P =.001, 95% CI: 6-7 points) and on 4 out of 6 stations. Intervention residents increased their teaching self-assessment mean ratings from 3.5 to 4.0; residents gave the 6 workshops a mean rating of 4.49 (1-5 scale, 5 = best).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The residents-as-teachers program improved the teaching skills of residents. Their self-assessment of their teaching skills also improved. They rated the workshops highly.
authors.affiliation: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Nancy D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Gaba
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Blatt
authors.forename: Charles J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Macri
authors.forename: Larrie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Greenberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013663:Teaching / Q000592:standards*