Teaching and Learning Course in Kigali

From Patty:
You have to be a very special person to sit in 32 degree weather in a hot classroom all day and stay engaged with the topic of teaching and learning for medical professionals.  Fortunately, we had a group of 20 such people.

On another note, the simulation centre is being fully used each day.  We had a big group in the front room and another group of emergency medicine learners were in the back room.  Thank goodness we have the best washroom at CHUK in the sim centre!

From Kitt:
Hello friends! 

Today "Dr. Ruth" and "Dr. Patty" did a fabulous job of delivering the Teaching and Learning Course to the Rwandans. We had a mixed bag of residents and staff from the disciplines of Surgery, Emergency Medicine and Anesthesia. Kyle and I have been participants of this engaging course at Dalhousie. Today we mostly observed, with a view to delivering the course ourselves tomorrow, along with two Anesthesia staff here, Dr. Francoise and Dr. Christian.  

Ruth and Patty have put a tremendous amount of work into developing this course, and it shows! I think it evolved out out of both a need for improved teaching in the medical field, as well as their own passion for fostering an environment for lifelong learning. The course is divided into 4 sessions: Teaching Small Groups, Presentations, Clinical Teaching, and Mentorship and Coaching. The sessions were highly interactive and there was tremendous participation from everyone in attendance. The sim centre was hot (it's 31 degrees today), but the fans were working and we had some nice breaks for hydration and feeding! We are all pumped about how the day went, and Kyle and I are especially looking forward to the opportunity to help deliver another course tomorrow. 

Kitt

Ruth explaining key messages

Ruth talking about powerful speakers

Course participants after a long day