This book will appeal to those faculty who are currently, or are considering becoming, a course/block/module director in a biomedical, medical, dental, or veterinary academic environment. The monograph will present data from faculty who may become course directors on what they consider are the most important attributes for a course director. These data will be compared and contrasted towhat current course directors believe and to what the students actually desire. From this revealing opening, the monograph will examine perceived and real impediments faculty will face while directing a course and then will examine perceived and real student issues/problems that course directors face. In addition, the book will provide information on how to become an effective course director by answering the questions/problems posed in the first paragraph. How to avoid common pitfalls Provides survival tips Provides information on what the administration should do to support course directors How to deal with issuesof eroding professionalism Special considerations needed for courses that have a laboratory component The differences between integrated vs. traditional curriculum: Which is right for you? 6-12 difficult scenarios/case studies that course directors face INDICE: What Is A Course Director?- Whose Idea Was This?- Anatomy of a Course Director.- Living With Our Differences.- Where Do I Start?- Managing Courses with Laboratories.- Responding to Student Problems and Issues.- Measuring Course Effectiveness.- Documentation.- Impediments.- Pitfalls.
- ISBN: 978-0-387-84904-1
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 85
- Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés