Excellence in medical training: developing talent—not sorting it

Many medical schools have reconsidered or eliminated clerkship grades and honor society memberships. National testing organizations announced plans to eliminate numerical scoring for the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 in favor of pass/fail results. These changes have led some faculty to wonder: “How will we recognize and reward excellence?” Excellence in undergraduate medical education has long been defined by high grades, top test scores, honor society memberships, and publication records. However, this model of learner excellence is misaligned with how students learn or what society values. This accolade-driven view of excellence is perpetuated by assessments that are based on gestalt impressions influenced by similarity between evaluators and students, and assessments that are often restricted to a limited number of traditional skill domains. To achieve a new model of learner excellence that values the trainee’s achievement, growth, and responsiveness to feedback across multiple domains, we must envision a new model of teacher excellence. Such teachers would have a growth mindset toward assessing competencies and learning new competencies. Actualizing true learner excellence will require teachers to change from evaluators who conduct assessments of learning to coaches who do assessment for learning. Schools will also need to establish policies and structures that foster a culture that supports this change. In this new paradigm, a teacher’s core duty is to develop talent rather than sort it.

TEACHER EXCELLENCE IN THE LECTURES ON LINGUISTIC DISCIPLINES

Background: On the modern stage of development of excellence in lecturing, many innovative technologies and methods to perfect presentation skills of teachers are used. However, these methods are not always effective at teaching of the Humanities. This article considers ways to enhance teaching excellence in lecturing on Linguistics to Philology majors. Purpose: to systematize and describe alternative types of lectures for teaching linguistic disciplines. Discussion: The consideration of non-traditional types of lectures has enabled systematization of those which are effective for teaching linguistic disciplines. They include: problem-based lecture, lecture-conversation, binary lecture (two lecturers), lecture-visualisation, lecture with feedback and brainstorming. It is worthwhile to implement combined non-traditional lectures and interdisciplinary approach which will provide the blended learning with an emphasis on Science, the Humanities and general professional training. Results: The author offers tips on how to enhance the quality of lecture materials, manner of presentation and interaction with the audience. Additionally, some typical lecturer’s mistakes were also considered in the paper. teaching in the tertiary school; methods of teaching; non-traditional lectures; linguistic disciplines.

Best Professor of HRM National Award by Times Ascent

Dr. Lokinder Kumar Tyagi, Professor & Deputy Director, Amity University, NOIDA has been conferred with the National Level Award of Best Professor in Human Resource Management. This award has been given by the Times Ascent and World HRD Congress, governed by Global Advisory Council which guides the strategic intent of the congress to its logical success. Dr. Lokinder Kumar Tyagi (PhD, M.Phil, MBA, PGDPM) currently working for Amity University, Noida as Professor and Dy. Director. Worked as Dean Student Welfare & Associate Professor, BVIMR, New Delhi has 27+ Years of Industry & Academic experience with Reputed Educational Institutions/Universities like, Bharati Vidyapeeth Univesity, Delhi University, AIMA, IP University etc. He has been conferred with “International VIFA-2016 as Distinguished Faculty Award-2016” by Hon’ble Mr Justice T.N. Vallinayagam of Tamilnadu & Prof. Matthew Hibberd of University of Stirling, on 9th September, 2016 in Chennai, (2) “Teacher Excellence Award-2014” by Prof. Yeshpal, Padam Vibushan in Sept.2014 and (3) “Efficient Teacher Award-2014” by Mrs. Meenakshi, Mayor East Delhi in BVIMR on 24th December, 2014 .