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Training the trainers: do teaching courses develop teaching skills?

Joyce Godfrey·Reg Dennick·Chris Welsh
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OBJECTIVE: This paper reports on consultants' self-assessed changes in their teaching and training practices over an 8-10-month period. It compares the changes between a group undergoing a 3-day teaching course (participants) and a sample group taken from the course waiting list (controls). METHOD: A questionnaire listing 18 teaching skills was given to the participants immediately prior to the course and 8-10 months later, and to the controls at the same time intervals. Respondents were asked to rate their ability, frequency of use of each skill, as well as their teaching confidence and effectiveness. Additionally, the second questionnaire asked respondents to identify changes they had made to their teaching. A total of 63% (54) of participants and 51% (23) of controls completed both questionnaires. Changes of 2 + on the rating scales were seen as genuine. The number of such changes was calculated for each individual and on each skill for the 2 groups. Data were analysed using a Mann-Whitney U-test. RESULTS: The majority of course participants reported positive changes in teaching ability on a significantly greater number of skills than did the control group. As a group, changes in ability in 16 of the teaching skills were significantly greater for the participants than for the controls. Increased ability resulted in participants' increased frequency of use of only 4 of the teaching skills. The majority in the participant group reported changes to their teaching. Only a minority in the control group reported such changes. These changes were consistent with course topics and the teaching skills needed to meet General Medical Council recommendations for the education of new doctors. CONCLUSIONS: The teaching course is an effective vehicle for increasing consultants' teaching skills.

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Joyce Godfrey, Reg Dennick, Chris Welsh. 2004. Training the trainers: do teaching courses develop teaching skills?. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2929.2004.01896.x

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