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October 1990, Vol 144, No. 10 >
Article | October 1990

The Good and Effective Teacher as Perceived by Pediatric Residents and by Faculty FREE

R. I. Hilliard, MD, MEd, FRCPC
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Accepted for publication April 30, 1990.

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Am J Dis Child. 1990;144(10):1106-1110. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1990.02150340050022.
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During the past 10 years, there has been considerable pressure to improve the quality of medical education and the quality of our teaching and learning in university medical programs. There has been a great increase in medical knowledge and in medical technology with higher expectations of students, both undergraduate and postgraduate. There are higher expectations for the physician in areas of personal qualities, such as physicianpatient communication and understanding the psychosocial aspects of illness. In 1984, a major report was prepared for the Association of Medical Colleges—Physicians for the Twenty-First Century,1 which dealt with a number of issues involving undergraduate medical education. Rather than simply acquiring factual knowledge, medical students need to acquire the following professional skills of a physician: problem solving and critical thinking, independent self-directed learning, and communication skills. At the same time, the report also recommended that faculty development programs be established to help faculty

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Muller S. Physicians for the Twenty-First Century: The GPEP Report . Washington, DC: Association of American Medical Colleges; 1984;.
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Felman KA.  The superior college teacher from the students' view . Res Higher Educ . 1976;;5:243-288.
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Miron M, Segal E.  'The good university teacher" as perceived by the students . Higher Educ . 1978;;7:27-34.
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Miron M.  The 'good professor" as perceived by university instructors . Higher Educ . 1985;; 14:211-215.
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Hildebrand M.  The character and skills of the effective professor . J Higher Educ . 1973;;44:41-50.
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McKeachie WJ, Kulik JA.  Effective college teaching . Rev Res Educ . 1975;;3:165-199.
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Feldman KA. Are college students and faculty similar or dissimilar in their views about effective teaching? Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education; November 6, 1988; St Louis, Mo.
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Sherman TM, Armistead LP, Fowler F, Barksdale MA, Reif G.  The quest for excellence in university teaching . J Higher Educ . 1987;;58:66-84.
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Kowalski R.  Teaching less and learning more? a personal experience . Programmed Learning and Educational Technology . 1987;;24:174-186.
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Irby DM.  Clinical teacher effectiveness in medicine . J Med Educ . 1978;;53:808-815.
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Mattern WD, Weinholtz D, Friedman CP.  The attending physician as teacher . N Engl J Med . 1983;;308:1129-1132.
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Irby D, Rakestraw P.  Evaluating clinical teaching in medicine . J Med Educ . 1981;;56:181-186.
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Costin F, Greenough WT, Menges RJ.  Student ratings of college teaching: reliability, validity and usefulness . Rev Educ Res . 1971;;41:511-535.
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DeNeve HMF, Janssen PF.  Validity of student evaluation of instruction . Higher Educ . 1982;;11:543-552.
15 +
Fallon SM, Croen LG, Shelov SP.  Teachers' and students' ratings of clinical teaching and teachers' opinion on the use of student evaluations . J Med Educ . 1987;;62:435-438.
16 +
Skeff KM.  Evaluation of a method for improving the teaching performance of attending physicians . Am J Med . 1983;;75:465-470.
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Murray HG. Evaluating University Teaching: A Review of Research . Toronto, Ontario: Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations; 1980;.
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Stritter FT, Hain JD, Grimes DA.  Clinical teaching reexamined . J Med Educ . 1975;;50:876-881.
19 +
Treiber F.  Ineffective teaching: can we learn from it? J Teacher Educ . 1984;;35:45-46.
20 +
Ware JE, Williams RG.  The Dr Fox effect: a study of lecturer effectiveness and ratings of instruction . J Med Educ . 1975;;50:149-156.
21 +
Williams RG, Ware JE.  An extended visit with Dr Fox: validity of student satisfaction with instruction ratings after repeated exposures to a lecturer . Am Educ Res J . 1977;;14:449-457.
22 +
Tiberius R.  Metaphors underlying the improvement of teaching and learning . Br J Educ Technol . 1986;;17:144-156.
23 +
Lowman J.  What constitutes masterful teaching?  In: Mastering the Techniques of Teaching . San Francisco, Calif: Jossey-Bass Inc; 1984;:122.
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Greganti MA, Drossman DA, Rogers JF.  The role of the attending physician . Arch Intern Med . 1982;;142:698-699.

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References

1 +
Muller S. Physicians for the Twenty-First Century: The GPEP Report . Washington, DC: Association of American Medical Colleges; 1984;.
2 +
Felman KA.  The superior college teacher from the students' view . Res Higher Educ . 1976;;5:243-288.
3 +
Miron M, Segal E.  'The good university teacher" as perceived by the students . Higher Educ . 1978;;7:27-34.
4 +
Miron M.  The 'good professor" as perceived by university instructors . Higher Educ . 1985;; 14:211-215.
5 +
Hildebrand M.  The character and skills of the effective professor . J Higher Educ . 1973;;44:41-50.
6 +
McKeachie WJ, Kulik JA.  Effective college teaching . Rev Res Educ . 1975;;3:165-199.
7 +
Feldman KA. Are college students and faculty similar or dissimilar in their views about effective teaching? Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education; November 6, 1988; St Louis, Mo.
8 +
Sherman TM, Armistead LP, Fowler F, Barksdale MA, Reif G.  The quest for excellence in university teaching . J Higher Educ . 1987;;58:66-84.
9 +
Kowalski R.  Teaching less and learning more? a personal experience . Programmed Learning and Educational Technology . 1987;;24:174-186.
10 +
Irby DM.  Clinical teacher effectiveness in medicine . J Med Educ . 1978;;53:808-815.
11 +
Mattern WD, Weinholtz D, Friedman CP.  The attending physician as teacher . N Engl J Med . 1983;;308:1129-1132.
12 +
Irby D, Rakestraw P.  Evaluating clinical teaching in medicine . J Med Educ . 1981;;56:181-186.
13 +
Costin F, Greenough WT, Menges RJ.  Student ratings of college teaching: reliability, validity and usefulness . Rev Educ Res . 1971;;41:511-535.
14 +
DeNeve HMF, Janssen PF.  Validity of student evaluation of instruction . Higher Educ . 1982;;11:543-552.
15 +
Fallon SM, Croen LG, Shelov SP.  Teachers' and students' ratings of clinical teaching and teachers' opinion on the use of student evaluations . J Med Educ . 1987;;62:435-438.
16 +
Skeff KM.  Evaluation of a method for improving the teaching performance of attending physicians . Am J Med . 1983;;75:465-470.
17 +
Murray HG. Evaluating University Teaching: A Review of Research . Toronto, Ontario: Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations; 1980;.
18 +
Stritter FT, Hain JD, Grimes DA.  Clinical teaching reexamined . J Med Educ . 1975;;50:876-881.
19 +
Treiber F.  Ineffective teaching: can we learn from it? J Teacher Educ . 1984;;35:45-46.
20 +
Ware JE, Williams RG.  The Dr Fox effect: a study of lecturer effectiveness and ratings of instruction . J Med Educ . 1975;;50:149-156.
21 +
Williams RG, Ware JE.  An extended visit with Dr Fox: validity of student satisfaction with instruction ratings after repeated exposures to a lecturer . Am Educ Res J . 1977;;14:449-457.
22 +
Tiberius R.  Metaphors underlying the improvement of teaching and learning . Br J Educ Technol . 1986;;17:144-156.
23 +
Lowman J.  What constitutes masterful teaching?  In: Mastering the Techniques of Teaching . San Francisco, Calif: Jossey-Bass Inc; 1984;:122.
24 +
Greganti MA, Drossman DA, Rogers JF.  The role of the attending physician . Arch Intern Med . 1982;;142:698-699.

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