Educator Resources
External Online Educator Resources
Here you can find a list of curated resources that are particularly helpful to your practice as a medical educator.
- AM Rounds Podcast. Ask the Editors: Practical Guidance for Designing and Reporting Qualitative Research. 2023 May 15. American Medicine. [podcast | transcript]
- Medical Education Scholarship, Research and Evaluation (MESRE) Annotated Bibliography [pdf], AAMC-Regional Groups on Education Affairs, MESRE Section, compiled by Andrea Berry et al., updated September 2022.
- (Create a Login to View) Resources for Clinicians Becoming Clinical Educators by Gail M. Sullivan, MD, MPH. In J Grad Med Educ. 2015 Jun; 7(2): 153-5. DOI: 10.4300/JGME-D-15-00098.
- Online Faculty and Resident Development Modules, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University
- Residents as Teachers Curriculum Modules, Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM)
- Faculty Vitae, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Affinity Group on Faculty Affairs: Articles on academic career development, negotiation, mentoring, diversity, leadership and teams, and recruitment and retention.
- Resources for Educators, Academic Pediatric Association: Templates, analysis tool, and guidelines for developing educational portfolios and reporting ED scholarship, plus modules on scientific writing and peer review.
Resources for Presenting
Find resources to assist you in developing and delivering an engaging and memorable presentation. Even if you are a seasoned speaker, we think you will find it beneficial to take a few moments to review the contents of this page.
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Short, simple, and vetted how-to guides, videos, and links to helpful online teaching resources.
- Micro-learning Teaching Technology Sessions: Get “connected” to the latest trends for technology in the classroom.
- Scholarship Resources: Multiple suggested articles on education research and scholarship resources.
Teaching Mentorship
The Mentoring subcommittee works to facilitate and enhance the development of mentorship relationships within the Academy. We see mentorship dyads as dynamic, reciprocal relationships between an advanced career incumbent (mentor) and a mentee aimed at promoting advancement of the teaching careers of both.
Resources for Teaching Online
- Need a Virginia Tech PID? (Use this to request your PID needed for unlimited Zoom access) Once you have PID login information, just use this to logon using the app or Zoom on the web
- Are you a VT faculty member who needs technical support for your online teaching? Get technical support by going to TLOS.
- Articles:
- Ice Breaker:
- Wheel Decide: Use it when teaching/leading an online session or workshop
Create online opportunities to share what you otherwise would have shared in person
- Voice Over PowerPoint: Use Microsoft PowerPoint on your computer to bring life and narration to your presentations to share with learners.
- Videos/Screensharing
- Screencast o matic: Use when it would be helpful to share your screen and your activities on your screen with your learners.
- Screengrabs
- Jing : Easily copy/paste from your screen into presentations, emails, and other messages without having to use multiple programs to crop and edit.
- Jing : Easily copy/paste from your screen into presentations, emails, and other messages without having to use multiple programs to crop and edit.
- Piktochart: (An online tool for creating infographics, presentation slides, reports, flyers, posters, and more.)
- EdPuzzle: (A free assessment-centered tool that allows teachers and students to create interactive online videos by embedding either open-ended or multiple-choice questions, audio notes, audio tracks, or comments on a video.
- Workflowy: (A web-based organizational tool for creating lists, to-dos, notes, and more)
- Audio Only
- Super Short Video– There are TONS of different Podcast programs through which you can create a podcast. We are sharing a Podbean video simply for illustrative purposes.
- Podcasts: Use when you want to easily broadcast engaging audio content that learners can then listen to anytime or anywhere.
Efficiently communicate with your learners
- Social Media: Use to stay in contact with your learners when you are not able to connect with them in person.
- The Role of Social Medial in eLearning – Article
- Twitter – Use to collaborate, share and engage with learners using a platform with which they are familiar. Hashtags can be used to group topics and conversations for future reference and learning.
- Super Short Video
- Instagram: Use to post relevant photos and videos for learners to view and make comments
- Medicine on Instagram – A Step-by-Step Guide for the Healthcare Industry – Article
- Synchronous video chat: Use to host web conferences to create a collaborative and in-person virtual feel for your learners
- Zoom ( A free version is available to all. The pro-level version is supported for VTC faculty by Virginia Tech, see information regarding request for access above under ‘Institutional Access Information’)
- Zoom ( A free version is available to all. The pro-level version is supported for VTC faculty by Virginia Tech, see information regarding request for access above under ‘Institutional Access Information’)
- How-to-Guides and Super Short Video
- Super Short Videos
- Webex (A free version is available to all. The business account is supported for Carilion employees by Carilion, see information regarding request for access above under ‘Institutional Access Information’)
- Google Meet (No affiliation necessary! Connect with video, audio, and chat)
- Tips for Successful Synchronous Video Chat
Make your content available to your learners
- Google Drive: Use to store and share documents, videos, images, and more.
- YouTube: Use to host video content.
- Super Short Videos
- One Drive: Use to store and share documents and resources.
- Weebly: Use to create a webpage for housing and storing your learning materials.
- How-to-Guide
- Short Video (A little longer than “super short,” but very helpful)
Infuse low stakes assessments and gather on-the-fly feedback from learners
- Kahoot: Use to create learning games.
- Nearpod: Use as a comprehensive tool to create games, videos, quizzes.and more
- Quizlet: Use to create quizzes and flashcards.
- Jeopardy Labs: Use to create Jeopardy style games to gauge learning and understanding.
- VoiceThread: Use for learners to comment on images, videos, and/or documents.
- Google Forms: Use to create surveys and quizzes for learners.
- Poll Everywhere: Use to poll learners during a presentation or lesson.
- Microsoft Tutorial
- Super Short, Super Helpful Video
- Add Your Voice-over PowerPoint to Blackboard [pdf]
- Converting your Voice-over PowerPoint into a iSpring Free Flash format (eliminates problems associated with the use of different versions of PowerPoint) [pdf]
X/Twitter can serve as a meaningful social networking tool to engage and collaborate with learners! This “micro-blogging” service allows users to create posts consisting of 140 characters or less that can be categorized and searched using hashtags. Students, organizations, libraries, journals and faculty members across the medical community are making the most of X/Twitter to create connections and valuable learning moments. X/Twitter can be used to communicate announcements, provide study information, share resources and to promote upcoming educational events. Real time classroom applications for X/Twitter include connecting students, fostering learning collaboration, student polling and for receiving curricular feedback.
If you are interested in trying X/Twitter, consider these quick tips:
- Ask questions to open a dialogue with colleagues and learners
- Always Tweet with value
- Utilize hashtags to link posts.
To learn more about using X/Twitter in Medical Education, please read the Medical Teacher Twelve Tips article by clicking here. This article summarizes how X/Twitter has been described in the medical literature and shares practical reasons for using X/Twitter.