Fundamental teaching Skills Program requirements
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION Fundamental Teaching Skills Program:
Our program is available to all faculty members of the department who are members of the CFPC or who are members of the Royal College and teach family medicine residents.
The Fundamental Teaching Activities certificate program addresses competencies that are required of the clinical preceptor in the clinical coach role.
The clinical coach is described in the Fundamental Teaching Activities (FTA) Framework as "A clinical supervisor in day-to-day practice, employing clinical work for opportunistic teaching and learning." http://www.cfpc.ca/FTA/
As you read through the requirements for the certificate of completion you will note that each requirement references FTA activity,
Upon completion of all requirements please contact fmfacdev@dal.ca.
Completion of the certificate program includes three areas of study:
- Core modules
- Attendance at a faculty development event
- Reflective exercise
Areas of Study
Core Modules
Attend A Faculty Development Event
Attend A Faculty Development Event
- Preparing Your Practice for a Learner (Orientation)
- The Proper Use of Field Notes and ITARs
- Feedback
- Bedside Teaching/Teaching on the Fly
- The Triple C Competency Based Curriculum
- Teaching About Medical Error
- Teaching Professionalism
Attend A Faculty Development Event
Attend A Faculty Development Event
Attend A Faculty Development Event
The requirement to attend a faculty development event can be fulfilled by attending any accredited faculty development or medical education event that is at least two hours in duration in the past five years.
Examples of such an event include Dalhousie’s Department of Family Medicine Faculty Development Roadshow workshops or Faculty Development weekend, Dalhousie’s Clinician as Teacher “CAT” course, the CMPA Faculty Development Workshop, DMNB Medical Education event, Provincial College’s medical education courses.
Reflective Exercise
Attend A Faculty Development Event
Reflective Exercise
You can fulfill this requirement by completing the Dal CPD online course on Reflection in Medicine, or by completing the Reflective Exercise below.
Please contact fmfacdev@dal.ca with questions.