Clinicians as Educators – Effective Teaching Skills

Clinicians as Educators – Effective Teaching Skills is organized by Royal College Of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and will be held from Jan 14 - Mar 20, 2026.

Description:
As well as offering insight into educational theory, this RCSI Department of Surgical Affairs module is practical in its approach and will ensure the improvement of your clinical bedside and classroom teaching and assessing skills.

You will have lots of opportunity for peer and faculty discussions on clinical teaching experiences and challenges and will gain insights into developing solutions. Tips for engaging large and small groups, using technology to enhance student learning and practising giving feedback, are all components of this practical skills-based course.

You will further develop teaching and presentation skills with feedback from peers and faculty. 

This module aims to support and promote the development of your role as a teacher and assessor in clinical practice. 

Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this module, you will:

• Be able to plan and organise teaching sessions for large and small groups.
• Have developed your teaching and presentation skills.
• Be able to identify and utilise appropriate teaching resources.
• Devise a teaching/lesson plan for an educational event.
• Devise an assessment strategy for an educational event.
• Devise an evaluation strategy for an educational event.

Modules:
Syllabus
Completion of this module will result in your development and refinement of the following skills:

• Lesson planning.
• Practical teaching and presentation skills for small and large groups.
• How to be student centred.
• How to manage challenging behaviours.
• Peer assisted learning.
• Feedback skills development.
• How to be reflective and evaluate your teaching skills.
• How to write a teaching philosophy statement.
• How to start and structure your teaching portfolio.
• Professional identity as a teacher.
• Effective teaching skills.
• Student centered learning.
• Introduction to the process of learning.
• Adult learning theory – andragogy – basic assumptions.
• Learning theories.
• Teaching and learning strategies.
• Challenging behaviour management.
• Assessment as of and for learning.
• Reflection theories and models.
• Teaching philosophy statements.
• Lesson planning.
• Effective feedback skills.
• Feedback theories and models.
• Peer feedback skills.
• Microteaching skills and practice.