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To support development of residents as teachers, a co-teaching model was piloted pairing residents with faculty physicians to teach clinical interviewing skills to medical students. This study explored perceptions of the impact of this experience on resident teaching skills. Our findings suggest the co-teaching experience enhances resident teaching skills.

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Teaching together: The impact of a faculty-resident co-teaching experience on resident teaching skills.

A core feature of resident training is development of the role as teacher. To support this development our psychiatry department implemented an opportunity for residents to co-teach Med 2 clinical skills with a faculty member. The goal of this study was to explore resident and faculty perceptions of the impact of this co-teaching experience on resident teaching skills.

Faculty and residents at a single medical school who co-taught the 2019/2020 clinical skills teaching (n=12) were invited to participate in semi-structured group interviews (one for faculty, one for residents) post co-teaching experience. Transcripts were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis to identify themes. Residents also completed Likert scale self-assessment questionnaires pre- and post- co-teaching to gauge self-assessed impact of the experience on their teaching skills.

Four faculty and three residents participated. Five themes were identified: Role-as-Teacher, Enjoyment, Perception of Feedback, Structure of Experience, and Teacher Identity. Participants indicated the experience fostered development of teacher identity, skill, and a perceived sense of confidence via role modelling and mentoring. Participants suggested more opportunities for observed teaching, improved feedback, and standardization of the co-teaching experience would be beneficial. Quantitative analysis of questionnaires showed improved perception of teaching skills although this increase was non-significant (t(2)= -0.8542, p= 0.4830).

Our findings suggest the co-teaching experience enhances resident teaching skills. Further enhancement may be realized by incorporating suggested improvements. Future studies should examine the co-teaching experience in a larger sample and feasibility of application more broadly.

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Co-teaching

Co-tutoring

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Teaching and learning

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