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Below you find resources organized by topic area; click on a topic area to view available resources.
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Resources for remote learning
| Resource Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Best Practices for Remote Learning at UCSF | PDF with tips and links to other resources from UCSF's TEE (Technology Enhanced Education) |
| Alternative Teaching Strategies for Remote Learning | Box note summarizing alternative learning strategies collated by TEE |
| Zoom guides for education | UCSF website with guides for basic and advanced use of zoom, including how to use breakout rooms and use zoom for small groups |
Assessment
| Resource Title | Description |
| Equity in Assessment Guidelines and Checklist | Website with tools and assessment strategies to avoid harmful bias in assessments. |
| Multiple choice exams: guidelines and tips | Guidelines for writing multiple choice exams, geared towards Bridges Foundation 1 but with general principles (pdf) |
| Open-ended exams: guidelines and tips | Guidelines for writing open-ended exam questions (constructive reposes items), geared towards Bridges Foundation 1 but with general principles (pdf) |
Accommodations
| Resource Title | Description |
| Guidelines for Faculty - Students with Disabilities | Video (20 minutes) - A video assisting faculty and staff in understanding their role with students with disabilities. |
| Communication 101: Best practice for communicating with students around disability related needs | Video (20 minutes) - A video assisting faculty and staff in understanding appropriate and effective communication with students with disabilities. |
Career Advising and Mentoring
| Resource Title | Description |
| Career Advising Resources | PDF - Career Advising Resources for UCSF Medical Students |
| Mentoring Resources | UCSF website with resources for mentoring, including a toolkit, tips and mentoring meeting checklists |
| Bias-free letters of recommendation | On-line tip sheet with strategies to avoid bias in letters of recommendation for students, residents and fellows |
Direct Teaching
| Resource Title | Description |
| Put your Best Teaching Forward: The Holistic Evaluation of Teaching | The holistic evaluation of teaching (HET), a framework that recognizes the many factors that contribute to excellence in teaching, is recommended by Educational Evaluations, the Center for Faculty Educators, Academy of Medical Educators, and SOM Academic Affairs for faculty educators when presenting their teaching practice and improvement. (pdf) |
| Large Group Teaching | Video Playlist - A 5-part video lecture series on how to deliver an effective lecture/large group teaching session. |
| Small Group Facilitation | Video (9 minutes) - A video describing characteristics of effective learning in small groups and how to recognize and tackle common group problems. Also available as PDF |
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
| Resource Title | Description |
| Differences Matter | UCSF website with lots of resources, some highlighted below |
| DEI Teaching activities database | Spreadsheet - searchable database of social justice-related engaged learning activities that instructors can implement into their courses in order deepen students’ knowledge about social justice-related issues such as privilege, diversity, and prejudice. |
| Bias-free letters of recommendation | On-line tip sheet with strategies to avoid bias in letters of recommendation for students, residents and fellows |
| Heath Care Equity Initiatives | Video/Podcast (16 minutes) - Both interviews give context to how the School of Medicine is building the most equitable, inclusive medical school nationally. |
| Diversity & Inclusion at UCSF | Video - UCSF community members talk about challenges they face on campus and how they are affected by the university's efforts to build and nurture a broadly diverse community that is welcoming and supportive. |
| Microaggressions in the Learning Environment | Video (5 minutes) - UCSF faculty member shares a set of 5 tips for recognizing and responding to microaggressions in the learning environment. |
| Responding to microaggressions | Flow diagram with approaches based on learners' preferences |
| Twelve tips for responding to microaggressions and overt discrimination: When the patient offends the learner | 12 tips published in Medical Teacher (Oct 2, 2018 -online) by UCSF Faculty. The authors present a three-phase approach to responding to microaggressions and discrimination toward trainees from patients, and offer a communication toolkit that frontline medical educators can use in their daily practice. (Please note: To access full article, you must be on the UCSF Network) |
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