ORIENTING A LEARNER

Get tips on how to structure workflow and responsibilities to maximize clinical efficiency and the teaching/learning experience.

The Learner Arrives

Creating the Clinical Learning Environment
Your Learner’s First Day
General First Steps
Orientation
Scheduling
Welcoming a Learner
Identify the Unique Characteristics of Your Clinical Setting
Managing Clinical Workflow
Interprofessional Teams and Community Resources
Help the Team Integrate Learners
Celebrate Learner Diversity
Elicit the Needs of Diverse Learners
Develop Culturally Relevant Learning Plans
Teach Cultural Understanding for Improved Learning

Setting Expectations

Valuing the Learner's Place in the Clinical Setting
Set Expectations at the Start
Adjust to Meet Changing Needs
Clarify Roles and Responsibilities
Individual Commitment to a Group Effort
Getting to Know Your Student
Maximizing Learning at Your Practice
Setting Expectations with Your Learner
Setting Expectations for Feedback

The Learner's Progress

Discuss Institutional Goals With Your Learner
Goal-Directed Learning
Collaborate With the Learner to Prioritize Goals
Integrate Learner's Goals
Monitor A Learner's Progress Towards Goals
Create Opportunities to Meet Goals
Adjust Goals as Needed
Self-Reflection
Ask Learners to Engage in Self-Reflection
Discuss Observations Resulting from Self-Reflection
Follow Up on Learner's Self-Reflections

CME

This Enduring Material activity, TeachingPhysician.org, has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 4.00 Prescribed credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians. AAFP certification begins 03/15/2020. Term of approval is for one year from this date. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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