The following courses are being held at Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) in San Diego, California and are identified as key programming for residency and fellowship educators.
Preconference Courses
Strategies for Successful Residency and Fellowship Mentoring
Monday, January 21, 2013
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
Presenters: Carol Jo Tichenor, PT, MA, HFAAOMPT; Ivan Matsui, PT, FAAOMPT; Gail Jensen, PT, PhD, FAPTA; Greg Hartley, PT, DPT, GCS
Description: Professional competence goes well beyond technical skills. Competence builds on a foundation of basic clinical skills, scientific knowledge and moral development. Mentorship is a critical element in this "formation" of a professional. This course will provide the participants with in-depth instruction in the skills necessary for residency and fellowship clinical mentoring and an opportunity to apply those skills in interactive problem solving situations. This 8-hour course is directed toward academic and clinical educators who are currently teaching in or considering developing residency and fellowship programs. The course is designed to guide individuals in how to design, implement and evaluate mentoring experiences in post-graduate residencies and fellowships. Topics will include: characteristics of a good mentor and how mentoring differs from traditional teaching, how to structure productive mentoring sessions to facilitate clinical reasoning, strategies for mentoring the difficult resident, planning remediation sessions, methods for facilitating communication between faculty members and between faculty and residents, and assessment of the effectiveness of the mentoring experiences. Participants will also learn strategies that can be applied to mentoring PT colleagues and entry level students.
Objectives: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Compare and contrast the characteristics of a good mentor and relate to own clinical teaching experience
- Analyze and structure mentoring experiences to facilitate reflective thinking and enhance clinical growth for the resident and for the faculty mentor
- Develop strategies for addressing common mentoring challenges in residency and fellowship programs
- Guide the resident in implementing strategies for change
- Design activities for developing and evaluating mentoring skills for new faculty members.
Exhibit Hall
Visit the Residency/Fellowship booth located inside the Exhibit Hall to get additional information and guidance on developing and credentialing residency/fellowship programs; answers to your questions on residency and fellowship; and more.
Learn more and register now at www.apta.org/CSM