Awards
- The Good Teacher
- Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award presented by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation
- Teaching Excellence Awards
The Good Teacher
SELECTED TEACHING COMPETENCIES
IN THE LITERATURE
Caring:
- Establishes rapport and is enthusiastic, friendly and open
- Knows individual students
- Helps student achieve learning success
- Speaks with persuasion
- Shows flexibility, serves as coach, referee, leader and follower
- Listens with care
- Confident in own personality
- Brings order and harmony to difficult material
- Provides lucid, clear presentation of ideas
- Matches instructional behavior and design to learning needs
- Works well with individuals, small and large groups
- Teaches and leads by doing
- Holds expert power
- Confident in own skills and knowledge
Bibliograhy [PDF] from which these compentencies are drawn.
Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation initiated the Humanism in Medicine Awards in 1991 to recognize a graduating medical student and a faculty member at Virginia Commonwealth University. In 2004 the award was officially renamed in honor of its benefactor, Leonard Tow.
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Teaching Excellence Awards
The School of Medicine (SOM) Teaching Awards Program honors faculty members for excellence in the achievement of our educational mission. Awards fall into three categories. The School of Medicine recognizes individuals and sometimes groups. Each category is based on the method used to nominate and select an award candidate and to document teaching competencies.
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