Effective lecturingDR. AHMAD UZAIR QURESHI

PGDIP MED ED (CARDIFF,UK)

the teacher talks, the students listen.

The classroom lecture

“is a special form of communication in which voice,

gesture, movement, facial expression, and eye

contact can either complement or

detract from the content.” Davis’s (2009, p. 148)

Lecturing is especially useful to convey knowledge

Lectures can show

How experts in a field think?

How they approach questions?

How they try to solve a problem.

Summarize scattered material, or

Describe latest discoveries or issues.

TYPES1. Topical:

Davis, B.G. (2009). Tools for teaching (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Dengue

TYPES1. Topical: Dengue

2. Causal: reasons for chronic pancreatitis in females

Davis, B.G. (2009). Tools for teaching (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Factors leading to salinity in Lahore underground water

TYPES1. Topical: Dengue

2. Causal: reasons for chronic pancreatitis in females

3. Sequential: natural history of disease

Davis, B.G. (2009). Tools for teaching (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Breast carcinoma

TYPES1. Topical: Dengue

2. Causal: reasons for chronic pancreatitis in females

3. Sequential: natural history of disease

4. Symbolic/ graphic: pictoral. Pink ribbon. Red crescent

Davis, B.G. (2009). Tools for teaching (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

TYPES1. Topical: Dengue

2. Causal: reasons for chronic pancreatitis in females

3. Sequential: natural history of disease

4. Symbolic/ graphic: pictoral. Pink ribbon. Red crescent

5. Structural: anatomy; physiology

Davis, B.G. (2009). Tools for teaching (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Etiology

Pathology

Clinical features

Investigations

Management

Complications

TYPES1. Topical: Dengue

2. Causal: reasons for chronic pancreatitis in females

3. Sequential: natural history of disease

4. Symbolic/ graphic: pictoral. Pink ribbon. Red crescent

5. Structural: anatomy; physiology

6. Problem- solutions: give series of problems and seek solutions

Davis, B.G. (2009). Tools for teaching (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

A case of abdominal mass A 39 years old male presents with pain lower abdomen, fever and discolouration of sclera

TYPES1. Topical: Dengue

2. Causal: reasons for chronic pancreatitis in females

3. Sequential: natural history of disease

4. Symbolic/ graphic: pictoral. Pink ribbon. Red crescent

5. Structural: anatomy; physiology

6. Problem- solutions: give series of problems and seek solutions

7. Provocative lecture

8. Punctuated lecture

Davis, B.G. (2009). Tools for teaching (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Use of 3-D printing in general surgery

Students may actually differ greatly in their level of understanding.

Outline your lecture notes.

Why you’re there? What do you want students to know?

What do you want the students to remember?

Course is over?

After they have graduated? Why?

How many of these goals can be achieved by lecturing?

If not all, what else do you need to do?

Feedback and Interaction

Mix lecture and discussion

Further reading Davis (2009), Tools for teaching (pp. 148-161);

Forsyth (2003), Professor’s guide to teaching (pp. 49-86);

Lowman (1995), Mastering the techniques of teaching (pp. 99-157);

McKeachie and Svinicki (2006),

McKeachie’s teaching tips (pp. 57-73).

Bligh (2000); Brown and Atkins (1998); Erickson, Peters, and Strommer (2006); and Kiewra (1991).

Jossey-Bass’s quarterly series, New Directions for Teaching and Learning.