Passion

Here's some of what I'm thinking about lectures: I want to get away from the 'soft' stuff that usually falls to us ( e.g., empathy) and accentuate the practical clinical stuff we do everyday. (not that empathy is unimportant, but that lectures are the worst way to 'teach' it). Secondly, I want to de-emphasize specific content goals and prioritize passion - that is, have teachers choose the practical common stuff that they LOVE. There's no substitute for enthusiasm.

So... what would you LOVE to teach?

1st Choice Family Medicine

Vision

When Queen's med students are asked "What works well in your med school curriculum?"
I want them to say "Family Medicine".

Legitimacy

What helps to bring legitimacy to a curriculum?

Alignment:

• anchored objectives
  
• productive learning context
• reality-based evaluation

Bonk on Visual Learning

What I picked up from Curtis Bonk
(http://www.orion.on.ca/2007orionsummit/curtbonk.html)

The web has great potential for visual learning.

Things to try:
- Have a small movie to start
- Expert in action
- Case
- Reflective questions and ppt to "wrap-around" the film

- Students make their own film - leading to film festival (all Freshmen at Duke are required to do this!)

- "moodle" on-line learning environment

- ip-based video conferencing is free! - get an expert to show up in real time.