Award Presentation for Outstanding Teaching in Psychiatry at Brown University
The privilege to present the 2011 General Psychiatry Residency Award for Outstanding Teacher was bestowed upon me recently, and I was honored to say the following words about the winner Dr. Colin Harrington:
"Good evening, everyone. I'd like to share with you the writings of W. Fred Miser, M.D. He is a professor of Family Medicine at Ohio State University. He invests much of his time in the art of teaching, and has written a very brief paper entitled 'What It Takes to Be an Outstanding Teacher'.
In it he describes the 'Four Characteristics Most Descriptive of the Worst Clinical Teachers':
1. 'The worst teachers have a negative attitude toward learners. They are arrogant, insensitive, and dogmatic. They ask questions in an intimidating manner and belittle students and residents. I recall in my own training a professor who was a brilliant and skilled physician who even had a disease named after him. However, he was so intimidating that students and residents would literally run down another hallway when they saw him approaching to avoid his pandering and chastisement. Although brilliant, he was unable to be an effective teacher because learners would avoid him.'
The recipient of this award is inviting, friendly, warm, sensitive to others' needs, has a bright and engaging affect, and has such a positive attitude it's contagious.
2. 'The worst teachers lack good teaching skills. They have limited knowledge and lack self-confidence. Their presentations are unorganized and boring. It is obvious that they just do not like to teach. I remember one nephrologist who, because of his research accomplishments, was given the task of teaching his specialty to second-year medical students. He made it quite clear that he would rather be in his research lab than in the lecture hall, and his teaching reflected this. His presentations were so boring that by the end of the series, the only student attending his lecture was the official note taker. The sad part is that this teacher did not even care!'
The recipient of this award has a vast grasp of the knowledge base and the confidence to teach it with ease. Learning is an interactive experience, is exciting, and leaves you wanting more. It's self-evident through the joy in this educator's face that it is just as exciting to them to teach.
3. 'The worst teachers lack skills in providing feedback. They readily correct errors in front of others in a belittling manner while failing to recognize extra effort. They use feedback not for improvement, but as a form of judgment. Even worse, they give no feedback at all to the learner.'
This teacher provides feedback for the sole purpose of improvement, and is never judgmental. It is always sincere, helpful, and genuine.
4. 'The worst teachers are inaccessible. They are always too busy for the learner. They rarely make an appearance to the learner, and then rush through presentations and the teaching sessions. When needed, they are never around.'
The winner of this educational award not only is always accessible, but goes so far as to seek you out for no other reason than to teach you. If you are fortunate enough to have this teacher, you become excited to hear the next fascinating, inspiring, or positive thing they have to say.
The winner of the 2011 General Psychiatry Award for Outstanding Teacher is Dr. Colin Harrington..."
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