Chief residents as educators: an effective method of resident development.
BACKGROUND
The importance of teaching residents how to instruct medical students is recognized, but time and logistics challenge the implementation of teaching skills programs. No study has described a dissemination model with chief residents as trainers and managers of a teaching skills program.


METHODS
All chief residents in three departments (n = 16), participated in an 8-hr train-the-trainer teaching skills program and then trained 178 residents through seven 1-hr sessions. Outcome was measured through student surveys using a validated instrument with seven teaching domains and overall assessment of teaching effectiveness.


RESULTS
Survey results revealed a significant improvement in the vast majority of teaching domains 9 months after implementation of the program in all three departments. Student perceptions of overall teaching effectiveness improved in two departments and trended upwards in the third.


CONCLUSIONS
A resident teaching skills program utilizing chief residents as trainers resulted in improved 3rd-year medical student ratings of resident teaching.
Moser
Eileen M
EM
Department of Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA. Eileen.moser@touro.edu
Kothari
Neil
N
Stagnaro-Green
Alex
A
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