It's Elementary—Applying Teach Like a Champion™ Teaching Techniques to Palliative Medicine Education

Outcomes 1. Define participation and think ratio and their role in teaching in the clinical and group medical education settings.2. Describe when to use and demonstrate the application of two teaching techniques– wait time and cold call—in the medical education setting to increase ratio through questioning. Key Message Medical educators struggle to get trainees engaged in learning. Lecturing, without substantial interactive components, does not take advantage of how we learn best. Over the last ten years, K-12 educators have applied the neurobiology of learning to promote students’ knowledge and skill acquisition. In this session, we will help you adapt those techniques to your adult medical learners. Abstract Many medical educators struggle to get students and trainees to be active, engaged participants in learning. We know that lecturing, without substantial interactive components, does not take advantage of how we learn best. Over the last ten years, K-12 educators have applied the neurobiology of learning to promote students’ knowledge and skill acquisition. In this session, we will help you adapt those techniques, as developed by Teach Like a Champion, to your adult medical learners. First, we will teach you what “ratio” (the proportion of time individual students spend cognitively engaged with a subject) is and how to analyze ratio in your own teaching sessions. Then, we will focus on two specific strategies that that get all learners involved. First, wait time increases the quality of responses by allowing learners to think deeply about their answer before being called on by the educator to share their response. Second, in cold calling, educators ask a question and, regardless of who has raised hands, call on someone. This ensures all learners are considering the faculty's questions and thus thinking about the topic at hand. In addition, cold calling increases voice equity and allows the faculty to ensure that all learners are participating in the educational session. Before starting to cold call, a roll out speech is critical in setting learner expectations and creating a safe space for the practice. Session participants will practice each of the techniques in pairs and small groups. We will also discuss the application of these teaching techniques in didactic content (formerly lecture style format) as well as communication skills training. Keywords Workforce / Career Development; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, Justice