A Private Universe (20 minutes) This video brings into sharp focus the dilemma facing all educators: Why don't even the brightest students truly grasp basic science concepts? Interviews are held with high school students and Ivy League graduates asking them to explain what causes the seasons and the phases of the moon. Even the brightest students in the class have false ideas based on enduring misconceptions that traditional instructional methods cannot overcome. Produced by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. 1987. This link http://www.learner.org/vod/login.html?pid=9 will take

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This Five Microskills / One Minute Preceptor Online Faculty Development Workshop is a five-step model of clinical teaching that utilizes simple, discrete teaching behaviors or "microskills." Objectives: By the end of this online workshop, you will be able to: List the 5 Microskills in the One Minute Preceptor Model for One on One teaching Explain how each step enhances student learning Apply the 5 Microskills to a scenario you might encounter while teaching in your practice Activities: Read "A Five-Step ‘Microskills’ Model of Clinical Teaching” . Review the summary document . Complete the

The Professional Development Laboratory (PDL) is a suite of eight fully functional patient examination rooms surrounding a secure central observation room. Faculty observe students in standardized and real patient encounters from the observation room using audiovisual equipment and one-way glass. The PDL is used throughout the curriculum (undergraduate, graduate, and continuing medical education) for teaching and assessment. The PDL at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine was the first such facility. It was based on a single observed room Dr. Howard S. Barrows developed at the

The SIU Family Medicine Residency Program-Carbondale is accredited by both the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). This program has an affiliation agreement with The Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, for post-graduate medical education. This allows DO residents to receive certification by both the American Board of Family Medicine and the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians. DO residents are expected to utilize their osteopathic skills and knowledge to diagnose and treat patients in the clinics and hospital. The faculty of