How to Teach: A Handbook for Clinicians

Shirley Dobson worked as a teacher of foreign languages before leading a PGCE course at Westminster College Oxford. She has trained doctors around the world to improve their teaching skills, together with her husband, Consultant Anaesthetist Dr Michael Dobson, and with the support of the World Federation of the Societies of Anaesthesiologists. She has also been an adviser for to a college for training teachers for early years in Paraguay. She has provided INSET in schools and colleges on values in education.Mike Dobson is a senior consultant anaesthetist and honorary senior clinical lecturer in Oxford. He qualified in Edinburgh, and trained in anaesthesia in Oxford. He worked for many years as anaesthetic adviser to WHO, and has been involved in training UK and overseas doctors in anaesthesia and trauma care.Dr Lesley Bromley is a senior lecturer in anaesthesia and pain management at University College London and the Director of Postgraduate Medical Education at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. She has been involved in teaching medical students and postgraduate doctors for 20 years. She has also contributed to a number of 'Teach the Teacher 'initiatives in the UK, Africa, and Eastern Europe.

• 1. Why good teachers are necessary ; 2. How to prepare efficiently - the essentials ; 3. How to prepare for a formal lecture ; 4. How to prepare to use case studies for teaching ; 5. How to prepare to teach interactively ; 6. How to prepare extra resources ; 7. Getting your message across clearly ; 8. Reinforcing the message - using extra resources ; 9. Simulators ; 10. Teaching a skill ; 11. How to deal with unexpected difficulties - and find solutions ; 12. How to evaluate and use feedback to improve your teaching ; 13. How to assess your students' progress ; 14. How to evaluate a course, a conference, or meeting ; 15. Thinking about values ; A1 Appendix 1 Language issues in teaching and training ; A2 Appendix 2 Sample education course programmes ; A3 Appendix 3 Leading a Curriculum review ; A4 Appendix 4 Sample handouts for trainers

This book is very easy to read and contains a wealth of information to help clinical educators. It is worth having a copy for your personal library and will be used quite frequently for recommendations and ideas.