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Weinholtz, D. & Edwards, J. (1992). Teaching During Rounds: A Handbook for Attending Physicians and Residents. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
 This small volume (it can fit in your white coat pocket) is packed with methods of teaching for both the conference room and the bedside settings. Both authors draw examples and anecdotes from their vast experience as medical education researchers to illustrate the methods and principles. Although the context of the book is internal medicine and pediatrics, the principles and methods apply to all health science education.
 
Westberg, J. and Jason, H. (1993). Collaborative Clinical Education: The Foundation of Effective Health Care. New York: Springer.
 Collaborative Clinical Education is an exhaustive handbook of clinical teaching with a problematic title. This book contains everything that the clinical teacher needs to know about clinical teaching. Almost every conceivable topic relevant to clinical teaching is covered in this book. Would you like to know how to prepare for clinical teaching? How to assess learner needs, formulate goals, or develop good relationships with your learners? It is all in here. Would you like to know how to ask questions? The book has 20 suggestions. Would you like to know how to demonstrate skills? It has twenty-two suggestions. Listen effectively? Seventeen suggestions. The book is packed full of useful suggestions drawn from a vast literature, both in higher education and medical education, on every substantive topic of use to the clinical teacher. Why is the title problematic? Prospective readers typically wrinkle their noses at the word “collaborative.” It appears that “collaborative” education sounds like some special type of education, something different from what they do. It is not. This book is about accepted practices for effective clinical teaching. In the context of this book “collaborative” means “effective.” There is nothing spooky about the book except its title.
 
Westberg, J. & Jason, Hilliard (1991), Providing Constructive Feedback: A CIS Guidebook for Health Professions Teachers. Boulder, CO: Center for Instructional Support.

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