By Michael A.Gisondi (@MikeGisondi) and Nounou Taleghani (@Benzorv) The Learning Climate Learning climate refers to the mood, tone, or atmosphere experienced by students and teachers in a classroom or clinical learning space. Negative learning climates […]
By P. Logan Weygandt (@LoganWeygandt) and Michael Gisondi (@MikeGisondi) Let’s start with a case: You have the enviable job of residency program director. One of your senior faculty members, an assessment “hawk” by any standard, […]
By Michael Gisondi (@MikeGisondi) How effective is the education program that you direct? Does the program have adequate resources? Are the faculty members supported? How does your program compare to peer institutions? Are the trainees learning? […]
By Michael Gisondi (@MikeGisondi) I recently had the honor of presenting a faculty development lecture at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center San Francisco, entitled, “Teaching Senior Residents.” My learning objectives for this talk were two-fold: Distinguish between […]
By Michael Gisondi (@MikeGisondi) In 1850, Nathanial Hawthorne published, The Scarlet Letter: A Romance, which tells the story of Hester Prynne and her sentencing in a 16th century Puritan trial. Required to wear a red letter […]
