Create and Teach an Elective? Me? Overcoming fear of new roles

Authors

Alexandra Gomes, George Washington UniversityFollow
Laura Abate, George Washington UniversityFollow
Thomas Harrod, George Washington University

Document Type

Poster

Keywords

teaching; curriculum; medical education; course design; informatics

Publication Date

10-2017

Abstract

: Inquiries about new informatics instructional opportunities in the curriculum led to a suggestion that the librarians submit an elective proposal. Despite knowing nothing about the approval process or the responsibilities of being a course director, several librarians accepted the challenge as a learning experience. Developing the proposal included writing the proposal, formally presenting it to two curriculum committees for approval, and then creating the specific lesson plans, identifying associated readings, creating a grading rubric and syllabus, and teaching the specific elective sessions. Librarians developed the elective Introduction to Systematic Reviews and are in the process of developing a second elective

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Presented at the Mid Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association annual conference, October 21-24, 2017, Staunton, VA.