Resources & Information for Biomedical Sciences Faculty

Planning for Teaching | Teaching Strategies | Evaluation | More Resources

Planning for Teaching

• Information About Behavioral Objectives and How to Write Them
• Writing Objectives: Rationale and Strategies (PowerPoint)
• FSU  Handbook: Guide to Teaching and Learning Practices (See Chapter 2 - Determining Goals and Objectives)
• Pedagogy of Medical Education (PDF PowerPoint on Instructional Design Principles)
• FSU COM Curriculum Information
• About Our Students (Pictures and Bios)
• Desirable Characteristics of Written Cases for Facilitated Small Group Learning
• Preparing and Using Cases for Teaching
• Team-based Learning: How to do it

Teaching Strategies

• How to Engage and Involve the Learners in Basic Science Lectures by John Gimpel, DO, MEd
• Making Presentations:  Tips and Memory Triggers
• Small Group Facilitation Skills and Small Group Learning
• Criteria for Professional Presentations with PowerPoint (Tip Sheet by N. Clark)
• PowerPoint Tutorial
• Power Point Hints and Tips
• Notes From the Back of the Room
• Think - Pair - Share (Teaching strategy)

Evaluation Strategies/Information

• Self Evaluation for Students
• Peer Evaluation for Students
• Evaluation of Small Group Facilitators by Students
• Test Construction and Evaluation Methods
• FAQs Regarding the NBME Clinical Skills Exam

Additional Resources

• Academic Portfolios
• Teaching, Learning and Instructional Design Theories and Models
• Teaching as Scholarship (Educational Scholarship)
• Faculty Student Relationships
• Beginners Guide to the Virtual Library (A PowerPoint Presentation)
• Medical Education Conferences
• Tips for Creating a Poster (Tip Sheet)
• A Recipe for Creating Professional Posters Using Publisher (by Nancy Clark)
• Tips for Creating PowerPoint Presentations and Posters by the Society for Neuroscience
• PowerPoint is Evil, an e-article by Edward Tufte (very short but influential piece on the importance of using PowerPoint sensibly by following the KISS principle.)
• National Reports on Medical Education