# of hours: 2.5

Type of Activity: Small group learning activity about pharmacology

Location: UTM

# of Participants: 7

Education level of students: 1^st 

This case based learning session focused on pharmacology. When I agreed to teach the session I was told the session about targeted towards family physicians and the average family doctor would have more than enough knowledge to lead the discussions about.  What I case based learning module ended up being was a seminar about pharmacology.  When I read over the tutor manual not only did I not understand the answers, I did not understand the questions to the students needed to answer.  This forced me to watch the videos the students had been watching over the past week.  This flooded back memories of when I was a medical student as I relearned concepts about pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics that I had not thought about for almost a decade.  Preparation for this seminar took me about four hours.

In reflection, I am going to be much more careful about what educational commitments I agree to.  My time is valuable and I do not want to be teaching students content I feel I have little expertise in.  Focusing my educational efforts where I will have the maximum impact is essential.  As such, this will be my last year teaching this module.  I do not think the quality of teaching I gave my students was sufficient and I happy not to be repeating this experience in the future.