Training: Methods
Many mentors are experts in clinical care, but not all have had formal training on how to teach others. This section can build on the skills that many mentors intuitively have when it comes to training other health care workers. It is particularly helpful when mentors are working with trainees from another discipline. For example, in one clinical mentoring experience, a physician and nurse practitioner found themselves mentoring one member from each department, including a pharmacist, counsellor, data entry manager, nutritionist, and social worker in addition to the clinical officers, physicians and nurses on-site. This section will help mentors think about how to approach working with trainees from any discipline or background.
It is based on the theoretical frameworks of adult learning and instructional design that have been well-developed. I-TECH's training methods are derived from the research dedicated to adult learning theory and have been refined through field testing. This section helps mentors develop the ability to competently use training methods appropriate to the topic and situation.
Types of Methods
- Interactive Learning
- File Type:
- Word Document
- Pages:
- 2
- Facilitating Common Training Methods
- File Type:
- Word Document
- Pages:
- 4
- Instructional Methods
- File Type:
- Word Document
- Pages:
- 5
- Better Bedside Teaching
- File Type:
- Word Document
- Pages:
- 3
- Case-Based Learning
- File Type:
- Word Document
- Pages:
- 4
This document provides an introduction to interactive learning, including reasons for using interactive learning techniques, challenges that may threaten successful interactive learning, and methods for increasing participation.
This document describes twelve interactive training methods, including tips, variations and cautions to ensure that the activities in training or mentoring are successful.
This document is a spreadsheet that compares various informational, attitudinal, behavioural and planning instructional methods by advantages and disadvantages.
The bedside teaching document discusses reasons to facilitate bedside teaching, methods for making the exercise more productive, and common barriers that can occur during bedside teaching.
This document gives a background for case-based learning as well as how to develop clinical cases for learning and discussion. Also discussed are strategies for effective case teaching for training the trainers.
Adult Learning
- Adult Learning Principles
- File Type:
- Word Document
- Pages:
- 2
- Teaching Adult Learners: Tips and Styles
- File Type:
- Word Document
- Pages:
- 2
- Training and the Adult Learner
- File Type:
- PowerPoint Presentation
- Slides:
- 25
- Four Learning Styles
- File Type:
- Word Document
- Pages:
- 1
Included in this tool are five principles of adult learning, how to address the needs and priorities of adult learners, and strategies for working with them successfully. The five principles expand on the need for trust in the group, the wealth of knowledge and experience participants bring to the training, their need for a guide rather than the ultimate authoritative voice, making training meaningful, and avoiding participant impatience.
An easy-to-read form covering tips on effectively teaching adult learners and teaching methods to match common adult learning styles. The tips match ideas about how adults learn best (e.g., when the learning experience is active rather than passive, when learning is reinforced) with appropriate actions, such as providing participants with opportunities to apply the new information and skills they have just learned.
This PowerPoint presentation explains the tenets of adult learning. The presentation may be used to introduce learners to adult learning and how an adult's experiences influence their learning. The slide set will teach learners about the three basic learning styles, help them identify their personal learning style, and show them how to apply the principles of adult learning to mentoring.
A brief description of the four learning styles: Doer, Thinker, Feeler and Observer.