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Improving Residents’ Ability to Teach Complex Skills Through the Use of Objective Structured Teaching Exercises

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Introduction

Although studies have been conducted in various medical disciplines on the use of objective structured teaching exercises (OSTEs) to improve teaching skills, there are no OSTE studies specifically addressing internal medicine residents and their ability to be effective teachers, more specifically their self-perceptions of confidence and competence in teaching. This study explores the use of OSTEs as a means of deliberate practice in order to improve internal medicine resident performance in teaching complex skills.

Method

Twenty-eight internal medicine residents were invited to participate in the study. The primary outcome was measured by a survey-based assessment of resident self-perceptions of confidence and competence before and after two OSTEs.

Results

Residents reported a significant increase in their confidence in teaching medical students a complex oral presentation skill (SNAPPS method) after the two OSTEs.

Conclusion

OSTEs can be used to boost resident confidence and competence in teaching complex oral presentation skills to medical students.

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The authors would like to thank Dr. Helen Baker and Dr. Alice Fornari for their critical review and thoughtful comments prior to submission.

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  1. West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, 400 Lee Street North, Lewisburg, WV, 24901, USA

    Machelle Linsenmeyer

  2. Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, 1111 West. 17th Street, Tulsa, OK, 74107, USA

    Leonard Lacefield, Jeffrey Stroup, Mousumi Som & Katherine Cook

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Linsenmeyer, M., Lacefield, L., Stroup, J. et al. Improving Residents’ Ability to Teach Complex Skills Through the Use of Objective Structured Teaching Exercises. Med.Sci.Educ. 26, 657–664 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-016-0328-6

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