In this episode of Faculty Feed, we talk with Dr. Russ Farmer (Associate Professor, Department of Surgery) about how best to drive critical thinking skills in our learners. He highlights a tool that facilitates the use of strategic questioning strategies for our busy and chaotic clinical learning environments. Instead of defaulting to lower-order questions that require only fact-based answers, this tool, the Questioning Aid for Rich, Real-Time Discussion (QARRD), prompts faculty to craft higher-order questions that require the learner to apply, analyze, evaluate, and create solutions to clinical problems. Better questions drive the development of critical thinking skills in our learners.For more information check out our publication in MedEd Portal or email HSCFacDv@louisville.eduto schedule training for your clinical educators.
