The Concept of “Concept Mapping” Is Useful in Teaching Residents to Teach

When done well, so-called chalk talks can have a high impact on medical student satisfaction with the quality of teaching on their clerkships [3]. Using materials provided by colleagues at the University of North Carolina Psychiatry Training Program, we taught a standardized method for giving feedback. Program Evaluation The Institutional Review Board at Duke University reviewed the protocol employed in this study and assessed it as exempt. Six months after conclusion of the teaching series, residents were invited to participate in a 1-h focus group led by an otherwise uninvolved facilitator, who asked open-ended questions such as “What about the course was memorable” and “How are you involved in teaching now?” This discussion was recorded, transcribed, and analyzed for themes by independent social science researchers.