Its No Small thing: The Challenges of Small Group Teaching

July 29, 2022

Program Description

Reflective Practice is a learned skill that facilitates exploration of your personal context in order to identify our assumptions, biases, and perhaps most importantly, the way we think. Understanding how we think and the sources of our individual way of thinking allows us to be more mindful of the way we communicate with others and make decisions. Having this self-awareness improves patient care, regardless of our profession, specialty, or environment. Developing the “habit of thought” that is Reflective Practice is a lifelong endeavor that can have a dramatic positive impact on both our professional and personal lives. Reflective Practice (RP) is an interprofessional and longitudinal course at the Uniformed Services University (USU). This full day, interactive, interprofessional faculty development workshop will provide support, knowledge and tools for faculty who are teaching the RP course at USU. Through large group presentations and small group activities, participants will learn about the reflective practice course (structure, goals, strategic objectives), develop their knowledge of reflection in medical education, small group teaching and also practice assessment of reflective writing . Additionally, participants will learn about the importance of emotion as a component of clinical reasoning and practice mindfulness to increase presence and self-awareness.

Target Audience

This activity provides continuing education for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and psychologists. A certificate of attendance is available for other attendees

Learning Objectives

  1. Define concepts associated with microaggressions to facilitate a common language.
  2. Identify how microaggressions negatively impact the learning and clinical environments
  3. Describe types of microaggressions occurring in our own educational, clinical, and professional space
  4. Compare and contrast responses to microaggressions in the learning environment based on role
  5. Practice personal responses to microaggressions in the learning environment.
  6. Define small group teaching.
  7. Illustrate professional and personal value of small group teaching.
  8. Categorize challenges inherent in facilitating small groups.
  9. Examine effective techniques and structures for small group teaching.
  10. Plan a teaching session using small group techniques.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.25 ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit
    DHA J-7 CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers will be provided a certificate of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers may receive a maximum of 2.25 hours for completing this Course activity.
  • 2.25 ACPE Pharmacist
    UAN JA4008136-0000-22-195-L04-P
    No valid paper/electronic statement of credit will be offered. DHA J-7 CEPO is accredited by the American Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to provide continuing education for Pharmacists. This knowledge based activity will provide a maximum of 2.25 contact hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. Participant CE records will be electronically communicated to CPE Monitor. There is no cost to participate in this activity.
  • 2.25 ACPE Pharmacy technician
    UAN JA4008136-0000-22-195-L04-T
    No valid paper/electronic statement of credit will be offered. DHA J-7 CEPO is accredited by the American Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to provide continuing education for Pharmacy Technicians. This knowledge based activity will provide a maximum of 2.25 contact hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. Participant CE records will be electronically communicated to CPE Monitor. There is no cost to participate in this activity.
  • 2.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    DHA J-7 CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. DHA J-7 CEPO designated this Course activity for a maximum of 2.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 2.25 APA
    Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The DHA, J7, CEPO maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. DHA, J-7, CEPO designated this activity for a maximum of 2.25 CE credits. The instructional level of this activity is intermediate. There is no cost to participate.
  • 2.25 Certificate of Attendance
  • 2.25 IPCE
    This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners can receive up to 2.25 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change. In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by DHA, J-7, CEPO. DHA, J-7, CEPO is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), the Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry's Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (ARBO/COPE), the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), the American Psychological Association (APA), the American Dental Association’s Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP), and Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) to provide continuing education for the health care team.
Course opens: 
07/22/2022
Course expires: 
09/11/2022
Event starts: 
07/29/2022 - 1:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
07/29/2022 - 3:15pm EDT
Part of: 
Reflective Practice Faculty Development Workshop
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Uniformed Services University Rice Hall
Bethesda, MD
United States

Col Jessica Bunin, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.M. Presenter has no financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.

Col (Ret) Jessica T. Servey, M.D., M.H.P.E., F.A.A.F.P. Presenter has no financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.

Available Credit

  • 2.25 ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit
    DHA J-7 CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers will be provided a certificate of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers may receive a maximum of 2.25 hours for completing this Course activity.
  • 2.25 ACPE Pharmacist
    UAN JA4008136-0000-22-195-L04-P
    No valid paper/electronic statement of credit will be offered. DHA J-7 CEPO is accredited by the American Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to provide continuing education for Pharmacists. This knowledge based activity will provide a maximum of 2.25 contact hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. Participant CE records will be electronically communicated to CPE Monitor. There is no cost to participate in this activity.
  • 2.25 ACPE Pharmacy technician
    UAN JA4008136-0000-22-195-L04-T
    No valid paper/electronic statement of credit will be offered. DHA J-7 CEPO is accredited by the American Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to provide continuing education for Pharmacy Technicians. This knowledge based activity will provide a maximum of 2.25 contact hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. Participant CE records will be electronically communicated to CPE Monitor. There is no cost to participate in this activity.
  • 2.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    DHA J-7 CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. DHA J-7 CEPO designated this Course activity for a maximum of 2.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 2.25 APA
    Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The DHA, J7, CEPO maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. DHA, J-7, CEPO designated this activity for a maximum of 2.25 CE credits. The instructional level of this activity is intermediate. There is no cost to participate.
  • 2.25 Certificate of Attendance
  • 2.25 IPCE
    This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners can receive up to 2.25 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change. In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by DHA, J-7, CEPO. DHA, J-7, CEPO is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), the Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry's Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (ARBO/COPE), the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), the American Psychological Association (APA), the American Dental Association’s Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP), and Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) to provide continuing education for the health care team.
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