In today's episode, we talk to Prof. Sarah König, Dean of Studies and Head of the Institute for Medical Teaching and Educational Research in Würzburg, about teaching in everyday clinical practice. As an expert, she gives us an insight into aha moments at the bedside, tells us how she moved from surgery to training teachers and shares very practical tips for teaching in the hectic everyday life of a clinic.

If you are interested in further training on this topic, please register for our corresponding course with Sarah König on 9 and 10.05.25!

Sources:

1. König, S., & Adili, F. (2019). Teachable Moments - Spontaneous teaching opportunities in everyday clinical practice. Vascular Surgery, 24, 594 - 597.

2. Rotthoff T. Practical tips to improve bedside teaching using learning theories and clinical reasoning. MedEdPublish (2016). 2024 Mar 11;13:215. doi: 10.12688/mep.19826.2. PMID: 38707219; PMCID: PMC11069040.

In this episode, we talk about the importance of psychological safety in the training of healthcare professionals. How can a learning environment be created in which questions can be asked, mistakes openly addressed and feedback constructively given - without fear of exposure or sanctions?

Psychological safety is a key prerequisite for sustainable learning, professional development and, not least, patient safety.

You will certainly notice that this series is significantly shorter than the previous ones. In this new “Medizindidaktik akut” format, we want to focus on particularly interesting publications in future and offer an introduction to a specific topic. However, there will also continue to be longer episodes with experts.

Sources:

1. Bump GM, Cladis FP. (2025) Psychological Safety in Medical Education, Another Challenge to Tackle? J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Jan;40(1):41-45. doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-09166-y. Epub 2024 Oct 28. PMID: 39467951; PMCID: PMC11780054.
2. Schein, E. H., & Bennis, W. G. (1965). Personal and Organizational Change through Group Methods: The Laboratory Approach. Wiley.
3. Edmondson, A. (1999). Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams. Administrative Science Quarterly, 44(2), 350-383. doi.org/10.2307/2666999 (Original work published 1999)
4. Hardie, P., O’Donovan, R., Jarvis, S. et al. (2022) Key tips to providing a psychologically safe learning environment in the clinical setting. BMC Med Educ 22, 816  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03892-9
5. Clark, T. (2020). The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety. Oakland: Berret-Koehler Publishers, Inc.
6. Riskin A, Erez A, Foulk TA, Riskin-Geuz KS, Ziv A, Sela R, et al. (2017) Rudeness and medical team performance. Pediatrics139(2).
7. Tsuei, Sian Hsiang-Te, Lee, Dongho, Ho, Charles, Regehr, Glenn, Nimmon, Laura. (2019) Exploring the Construct of Psychological Safety in Medical Education. Academic Medicine 94(11S):p S28-S35. DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002897 

In this episode of our podcast, we discuss the importance of constructive alignment and learning objectives in higher education. We explain how aligned learning objectives, teaching methods and assessment formats promote effective learning. We also give tips for formulating learning outcomes and talk about how teachers and students can use them.

Source:

1. Teaching Anatomy: A Practical Guide, edited by L. K. Chan and W. Pawlina, Springer International Publishing 2020
2. J. Biggs (1996). "Enhancing Teaching through Constructive Alignment. Higher Education" 1996 Vol. 32 Issue 3 Pages 347-364 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00138871
3. Hattie, J., K. Zierer and S. Wernke (2024). Visible Learning 2.0, wbv Media
4. Downie C, Burke M. (2024). "Constructive alignment: Teaching introductory gross anatomy to sport science students." Anat Sci Educ. 2024;17:47–54. https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.2338

You can find tables with suitable verbs for formulating your learning objectives here:

https://www.hrk-nexus.de/fileadmin/redaktion/hrk-nexus/07-Downloads/07-02-Publikationen/Lernergebnisse_praktisch_formulieren_01.pdf

https://lehreladen.rub.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/verbliste-sammlung-deutsch.pdf

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