New and returning faculty will want to be sure to attend this popular premeeting workshop that introduces clinical faculty and preceptors to the foundational principles of teaching in the classroom and clinical settings. The workshop will be offered in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, October 16, immediately before the 2010 ACCP Annual Meeting. In addition to an investigation of the professional nature of teaching, participants will create learning outcomes, design teaching strategies to achieve the outcomes, and use criteria-referenced and evidence-based feedback to improve student abilities.

Basic Training for New Clinical Faculty and Preceptors serves as the prerequisite, required course for the ACCP Academy Teaching and Learning Certificate Program. Designed to provide a foundation for faculty and preceptors beginning their careers, this full-day course engages participants in thoughtful discussions and small group exercises. One of ACCP’s best-received educational courses, Basic Training successfully builds young academicians’ base knowledge in planning, implementing, and assessing student learning.

Using strategies designed for both classroom instruction and clinical precepting, participants will integrate the concepts of critical thinking, active learning, ability-based education, and assessment-as-learning. At the end of the session, participants will be prepared to develop strategies for planning, implementing, and assessing educational experiences that achieve clearly defined student outcomes in didactic and clinical settings and to clarify their own purposes, goals, and philosophy for teaching.

Don’t miss out! Basic Training is offered only once a year, and online registration is available at www.accp.com/am.