** Sent on behalf of Dr. Kathryn Fung, Undergraduate Program Director, Psychiatry **
Dear Clinical Faculty,
We are pleased to announce a new faculty teaching opportunity with our Year 3 Psychiatry medical students. As part of our program improvements, we are moving to a province-wide academic half day curriculum for students, while keeping the benefits of small group learning. The tutor materials have been piloted with success and will be ready for use in June 2024.
The format will include two standardized, case-based, small-group teaching sessions on Zoom on select Tuesday afternoons throughout the year. Each tutor will have a group of about 5-6 students. Each session will cover one core topic. The topics will repeat with each block of students.
These changes will impact our adult psychiatry content. Child Psychiatry will continue to be delivered as normal, and Geriatric Psychiatry content will continue to be supported by the Neurocognitive Disorders module and lectures in the IM-PSYT academic teaching sessions.
This is a wonderful opportunity for you to gain teaching hours from your own home or office. The role is to facilitate a discussion and student learning using the provided tutor guide. You do not need to be an ‘expert’ in a topic. You will be able to connect and work with students from all our sites – something that hasn’t been possible in this way before.
If you are interested, please complete the preliminary Sign Up Survey HERE.
| Key Details to Consider | |
| Learners | Year 3 Medical Students Province-Wide |
| Location | Online via Zoom |
| Date | Tuesday afternoons from June 2024 – May 2025 |
| Time Commitment | 1-1.5 hours/session Session 1: 2:30PM – 3:30PM Session 2: 3:45PM – 4:45PM |
| Materials | Tutor guides provided to facilitate the session Support and guidance from UGE team |
| Tutor Objectives | Tutors must be comfortable with: Facilitating a thoughtful and fluid learning experience over Zoom Creating a safe learning environment for students This is not a lecture |
| Remuneration | Following the clinical faculty compensation terms: June 2024 = $100.98/hour July 2024 onwards = $106.03/hour UGE will also remunerate 30 minutes of preparation time the first time you are teaching a topic Processed administratively via TTPS – no need for invoicing! |
| Topics | Anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, bipolar disorder, personality disorders, trauma, psychotic disorders, sleep, somatization, and substance use disorders. |
Once recruitment begins, we will reconnect to arrange optimal scheduling of your sessions.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to Eva (eva.angelopoulos@ubc.ca) or myself (kathryn.Fung@vch.ca).
Sincerely,
Dr. Kathryn Fung
Program Director, Undergraduate Medical Education
UBC Department of Psychiatry
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