Strategies for Teaching Multi-level Learning Groups

Use these questions to guide individual reflection or group discussion on the video content with colleagues or students.

1. What was the biggest challenge you encountered, and how did you address it?
2. What are some examples of tiered questioning you could use with a medical student, resident, and fellow during the same teaching session?
3. When teaching multiple learner levels simultaneously, do you tend to teach to the highest level, the lowest level, or the middle?
4. What impact does that have on learner engagement?
5. Imagine you are supervising a clinic with a medical student, resident, and fellow. Which of the five strategies would be easiest to implement immediately? Which would be most difficult?
6. What is one change you could make in your next teaching session to better align responsibilities with learner level and promote greater autonomy?

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