Observations Debrief/Mid semester Training Ideas

Attendance

• My preceptors suggested that I ask my professor to give participation points to students, which they also earn by attending their discussion sections.

• SP’s – send reminder emails about PLUS every 2 weeks to entire class

  • Develop Peer wise question that professor may consider pulling test questions from at the end of study session

  • Make up a review sheet

  • Cookies???

  • Connection with professor!

  • Go to classes and promote PLUS or have preceptors & professor promote attendance in class

    • Practice writing questions

    • Connect study group with skills needed for an upcoming graded assignment

    • Post announcements on Blackboard about the topics being covered every week at the study groups.

    • Can also post announcements on Blackboard for review PLUS sessions, especially the week before exams

    • Create a folder of PLUS agendas on Blackboard; update this along with Box

Off Topic Study groups

• Put agenda on board or address agenda at very beginning

• Remind attendees of expectation

• Include a 5-minute break in the middle of the study group solely for “off-topic” discussions (limits to a set time)

• Include one person to be the “on task master” role

Preceptors Working Together

• Dividing up the agenda, so that each preceptor is in charge of one topic

• Have both preceptors sitting at different positions in the room

• Identify strengths & weaknesses of each preceptor & delegate agenda accordingly

• Have preceptors in WPM sit together à make agenda together as practice. Or plan activities together

• Using the round robin group concept (sequentially everyone shares in a circle)

One Preceptor Explaining Everything

• Dividing up the agenda among the preceptors so that just one preceptor is not doing all the talking

• Designing activities that require attendees to problem-solve vs. just having discussions that allow preceptors to teach

• Encourage participation, hand chalk to others

• Have preceptor partner evaluations

• Preceptor interrupt w/ “What do you think?” to attendees

• Divide up the topics and address at the beginning who is going to be at the board for what topic

  • Have preceptors divide time in ½ or 1/3 between them

  • Break the big group into smaller groups for each activity to address this

  • Set a time limit, after <5 minutes, person must transfer space (sit down, pass chalk off to someone, etc)
    
    

Strengthen SP- Preceptor Relationship (ie: Agenda Use)

Morale boost with food treats

Build relationships with preceptor via activities

Social (debrief) after first wpm

Work through part of agenda together

Skeletal outline of professorial endorsed agenda, ask ‘What questions do you have?’

to co-create the agenda with preceptors

Clarifying Expectation of using agenda from programmatic standpoint of continuity 

(Try it this week, let me know how that works)

Improving Quality of Questions Asked

3 Levels of learning  (Remember, Understanding, Apply)

Video Examples

Include key questions in agenda

Train preceptors on open ended (vs close ended) questions

Individual writing time to learn what you don’t know

Participation

Maker game!

Popcorn

Fish Bowl- each personal writes 1-2 questions, pool questions, and pull a questions

to work on a s a group

Set expectation that everyone in a circle will speak/participate going a certain

direction.  (Circle group)

Creating Inclusive Study Groups (not just P-P questions)

Split up into 2 mini groups (contest between the two?) , physical space divide Ps

Ice breakers at beginning and get more comfortable with all people in study group (Hi, how are you, what’s your major, how’d that test go, etc)

Circle chairs

Preceptors pick students they particularly will try to pull out

Eye Contact with reluctant participation

Time for writing