Tutor Development (TD)
Recent activities to facilitate the training and continuing dev
elopment of faculty as small group tutors for the MUSM educational programs include:
" Formation of a Tutor Development Team (TDT) charged with preparing a list of "Good Tutor Attributes" and other tutor support materials, and
Tutor Development Team (TDT)
Purpose: The purpose of the TDT is to identify aspects of tutoring that can be better defined for individual faculty understanding and development.
Goals: The goals of the TDT are to:
- Identify problems perceived by new and experienced tutors
- Critically analyze the problems associated with the task
- Outline an approach to solving the problem
- Determine a mechanism for executing the solution
Activities: The TDT is
- Developing a list of good tutor attributes.
- Planning to address the group process and provide a formal description of the types of group process.
- Planning to address the types of behaviors that may be troublesome for affective group process with suggestions for managing these behaviors
- Planning to discuss ways to improve the process of evaluations by tutors that will provide consistent and appropriate feedback to students.
Schedule: The TDT meets at 8:00 am each Wednesday morning.
Team Members:
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Project: Development of a Tutor Guide entitled "Being an Effective Tutor".
- Documents and Tutor Support Materials:
- “Good Tutor Attributes”:
- Tutoring Tips:
- "First Day of Group" activities
- Biomedical Problems Program Group Process - Information Sources
- Challenging Student Behaviors with Suggestions for the Tutor
- Tutor FAQs
**Final Document: Bound copies were distributed at the Faculty Development Workshop
Project: Tutor Peer Review Process
During the 2006-2007 academic year, all tutors were reviewed by a faculty colleague. The intent of the reviews is to provide feedback to each tutor. Two observations occur during each phase, with a written summary given to the tutor. The tutors and the tutor reviewers evaluated the process. It appears to be helpful. A summary of the outcomes is available. The TDT recommended that tutors all be evaluated every 2-3 years. Requests can be made by faculty tutors or students if they would like a review prior to this time period.
PROJECT: Implementation of Fall 2007 Faculty Workshop:
- Title – Effective Student Advising
Fall Faculty Workshop, Dr. Maurice Clifton, Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Admissions presented the workshop on October 24. The workshop was an introduction to the AAMC Careers in Medicine Program. Faculty members worked in teams and accessed via the computer the career guidance programs. Participants had varied assignments to demonstrate how to access difference information from the web-based programs. The intent was to help our faculty members be good medical student advisers. A session will be held in Savannah in the near future.
PROJECT: Development of Peer Review Process for Tutors
Medical Knowledge PBL and the Tutor Professionalism Patient Awarenes
