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Teaching Skills
Regardless of whether you intend to concentrate on a primarily research
career, you still need to develop your teaching skills. The vast majority
of academic careers, as well as many other career paths, will require you
to be able to teach, whether in a formal classroom or in some other
format.
The APS
and the Association of Chairs of
Departments of Physiology recommend that trainees understand the
importance of and work to develop the following teaching skills:
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Effective classroom teaching
to varied audiences in terms of subject matter
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Effective classroom teaching in terms of pedagogy
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Ability to convey the competence in subject matter and confidence in
one’s ability to teach
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Ability to develop course curriculum and individual lessons
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Effective use of common instructional aids, including audiovisual
techniques
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Ability to help students understand the general principles and concepts
underlying a particular lesson
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Ability to explain both basic and difficult concepts clearly
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Ability to put a specific lesson into larger context (clinical
relevance, prior material)
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Ability to ask good questions (testing, study, case histories)
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Ability to provide feedback to students
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Awareness of the strengths and limitations of various means for
evaluating teaching performance
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Ability to adjust lesson plan based on information garnered from student
questions
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Ability to foster an effective learning environment including showing
respect for the student, encouraging their intellectual growth and
providing a role model for scholarship and intellectual vigor
(from the APS/ACDP List of
Professional Skills for Physiologists and Trainees)
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teaching skills
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