title: A Description of a Validated Effective Teacher-Training Workshop for Medical Residents.
abstract: A teacher-training program for residents was designed and piloted in the St. Elisabeth Hospital in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. The program comprised of six modules namely: effective teaching, self-knowledge and teaching ability, feedback, assessing prior knowledge, trouble shooting and time management.
  
  
  METHODS
  Instruction was provided during a two-day workshop with eight hours instruction time per day. Residents in the first three years of training participated, and the instructors were experienced clinicians. Lectures, group discussions, case simulations, video presentations and role-plays were the forms of instruction.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Using standardized questionnaires, the participants rated the quality of the workshop highly. They considered it to be a feasible and appropriate educational intervention and that it had a positive impact on their teaching skills.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This workshop was developed based on careful analysis of medical residents' perceived educational needs and systematically implemented and evaluated. The results show that it is a suitable and effective educational intervention.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Paediatrics , Atrium Medical Center The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jamiu O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Busari
authors.affiliation: a Department of Paediatrics , Atrium Medical Center The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Albert W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Scherpbier
authors.affiliation: a Department of Paediatrics , Atrium Medical Center The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Cees P M
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: van der Vleuten
authors.affiliation: a Department of Paediatrics , Atrium Medical Center The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Gerard G M
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Essed
authors.affiliation: a Department of Paediatrics , Atrium Medical Center The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rojer