#  A Faculty Development Guide for First Time Basic Science Tutors 

 



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Michael Parker and Elizabeth Ferrenz conducted over 30 one-on-one interviews with the best, most experienced tutors at HMS and compiled about 45 hours of digital “tape” (approximately 1000 transcribed pages). Using the information shared by the tutors, along with student feedback and other resources, they created a tutorial guide for students and faculty.

### Teaching Challenge:

Tutors at HMS have been given relatively little formal training in becoming effective tutorial leaders; similarly, students have been given minimal guidance as to how to get the most out of their tutorial experiences. HMS has experienced and outstanding tutors, but their collective wisdom had not been codified in a format that can serve as a resource for students and teachers.

Sort### Faculty/Instructor(s):

Assistant Professor Michael J. Parker



### Fellow(s):

Elizabeth Ferrenz



### School, Library, Museum:

[Medical](/school//medical)



### Project Deliverable:

Electronic and printed version of the tutorial guide distributed to students and to basic science tutors.



### Tools and/or Technologies:

Digital recorders, transcription software, Adobe InDesign, Lenovo Tablet PCs for taking electronically searchable notes during the interviews



### Course(s)/Discipline(s):

The guide, called “An Introduction to Tutorials at HMS” has been integrated into the introductory medical school course (Intro to the Profession), and has been used as part of the tutor training process in almost every basic science class at HMS.



### Year Created:

2006









 



 

 See also:- [ Medical ](/affiliation/medical)
- [ Project ](/project-0)