8810 - Mentoring a Learner in Difficulty

Course Description

Within this workshop participants will learn to define the different types of learners based on indicators such as attitude, knowledge, behaviour and life events. Participants will also be educated in approaches to managing the learner in difficulty and the importance of documentation of problems and attempts at management. Participants will gain an understanding of the departmental, Faculty and University process along with how to identify intervention and escalation strategies.

What You Will Learn

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the common presentations of learners in difficulty
• List the four main challenges of an International Medical Graduate in the clinical learning environment
• Describe primary, secondary and tertiary prevention as it applies to learner difficulty
• Apply the SOAP approach as it relates to a learner in difficulty