Grand Rounds Resources

Please use the following resources to support the development of your grand rounds educational sessions.

Please note that you can click on the headings below to be taken directly to the topic:

Step 1: Choose The Right Format | Step 2: Mix The Ingredients  | Step 3: Present With A Flourish | Example Video

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Step 1: Choose The Right Format

Is the main goal to teach a concept? Anatomical structure? Procedure? Choose a format that best achieves this purpose

  1. Types of Learning Modalities (UBC EdTech) 

Step 2: Mix The Ingredients

  1. Visit UBC Ed Tech for resources on online teaching, teaching with technology, and course material examples.

  • 3 Parts Flour:

Provides the essential materials. Are the objectives properly crafted? Are the take-home points clearly taught & repeatedly summarized?

  1. Example of ways to craft learner-centric objectives (UBC CPD)

  2. Creating a summary handout:  

  • 1 Part Butter:

​Binds it all together. Is there a memorable theme to tie everything together?

  1. ​Handout from Dr. Simon Moore's "From Great To Outstanding Medical Presentations" - 

  2. Examples of Grand Rounds themes for various specialties - British Columbia Rounds Calendar

  3. Example of a summary slide:

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  • 2 Parts Sugar:

​Makes the content memorable. Are there at least 2 types of audience interaction?

  1. ​Engaging Learning Activities for Online Sessions (UBC Family Practice)

  2. Examples of virtual interaction techniques and supporting articles. Active Learning Strategies for Meaningful Engagement (UBC EdTech)

  3. How to demand audience commitment. Article - The Doctor Fox Lecture: A Paradigm of Educational Seduction. Citation: Naftulin DH, Ware JE, Donnelly FA. The Doctor Fox Lecture: A Paradigm of Educational Seduction (1973). Med Educ.

  • Lots of Icing

​Promotes eye-catching appeal Is the title intriguing? Are the slides well-designed?

  1. Article - Teaching for understanding in medical classrooms using multimedia design principles: Citation: Issa N, Mayer RE, Schuller M, Wang E, Shapiro MB, DaRosa DA. Teaching for understanding in medical classrooms using multimedia design principles (2013). Med Educ.

  2. How to design lecture slides and supporting articles: Canvas Universal Design for Learning Course (UBC), Designs for Digital Teaching and Learning: Assessment for Online Education (UBC EdTech). 

  3. Title Writing: Examples of Grand Rounds titles and attention grabbers.

  • "Re-inventing Grand Rounds: Opportunities for CME in a Virtual World" (UBC CPD, Dec 16 2020)

Step 3: Present With A Flourish

Have the moderator and speaker rehearsed the technology (camera, lighting, & audio) and the timing? Are the handout and presentation ready to unveil?

  1. Are you prepared? Check the Virtual Teaching Checklist (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada).

  2. Check UBC's list of learning technologies and guides (UBC EdTech) for technical components of virtual presentations.

  3. Evaluations of rounds: 

Additional Resources

  1. Article - Development & Implementation of Virtual Grand Rounds in Surgery. Citation: Sutzko DC, Martin CA, Chu DI Development & Implementation of Virtual Grand Rounds in Surgery. The American Journal of Surgery 221(2021) 46-48
  2. Article - Surgery Grand Rounds: Perspectives of the 21st Century Attendee. Citation: Bynum RC, Dills M, Corey B. Surgery Grand Rounds: Perspectives of the 21st Century Attendee. Journal of Surgical Research 221 (2020) 657-662
  3. Article - Can We Make Grand Rounds “Grand” Again? Citation: Sandal S, Iannuzzi MC, Knohl SJ. Can We Make Grand Rounds “Grand” Again? Journal of Graduate Medical Education 5(4) (2013) 560-563

 

Example Video:

 

Topic & Audience
Family Medicine