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Table 1 The indicator framework of core competencies for clinical teachers

From: Constructing core competency indicators for clinical teachers in Taiwan: a qualitative analysis and an analytic hierarchy process

Dimensions

Sub-dimensions

Behavioral indicators

Expertise

Clinical abilities

Being equipped with clinical knowledge

Ability to make the correct judgment

Possessing clinical handling ability

Being familiar with clinical ethics, regulations, and systems

Possessing concept of whole medicine

Clinical communication

Ability to explain the illness to the patient

Ability to use language the patient and his/her family understands

Ability to handle difficult situations

Ability to clearly explain the treatment plan, including risks and benefits

Ability to listen to the patient’s and family’s needs and demands

Ability to be sympathetic to the patient and the family

Ability to communicate and cooperate with the medical team

Teaching Ability

Instructional design

Ability to set up learning goals

Ability to use proper teaching methods according to learning goals

Ability to arrange proper teaching content according to students’ characteristics

Teaching skills

Ability to guide students’ thoughts and discussion

Ability to establish a lively and active teaching atmosphere

Ability to provide examples that are close to students’ experience

Ability to give students chances to practice

Ability to introduce clinical cases by empirical medicine method

Teaching material design

Designing or selecting proper teaching materials by learning goals

Ability to transform clinical cases to teaching materials

Ability to use multimedia teaching materials

Learning evaluation

Ability to collect related evaluation data

Ability to use proper evaluation tools correctly

Ability to review one’s teaching after evaluation

Attitudes and Traits

Teaching attitudes

Enthusiastic teaching

Ability to interact well with students

Ability to support and help students anytime

Ability to guide students in their lives

Professional growth

Ability to absorb new medical information anytime

Ability to take part in various kinds of teaching workshops

Ability to publish research paper regularly

Personality traits

Being friendly and kind

Patience

Being confident in self-expression

Beliefs and Values

Teaching beliefs

Ability to identify the implications and values of teaching

Ability to pass on medical knowledge

Model teaching

Ability to teach by words and set an example

Acting as a role model for young teachers