#57 Clinician Educator Essentials: Practical Tips to Jumpstart your Teaching

Feeling overwhelmed by clinical teaching? In this episode of The Curbsiders Teach, we dive into the essentials every new educator should know—from setting expectations and building a positive learning climate to dropping high-value teaching pearls on the fly. Our expert guest Elizabeth Gatewood DNP, FNP-C, CNE shares her best advice, biggest surprises, and go-to strategies for making teaching efficient, meaningful, and fun. Whether you're just starting out or refining your approach, this episode is packed with actionable insights you can use tomorrow.

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Credits

• Producer, Writer, Graphics: Molly Heublein MD
• Hosts: Era Kryzhanovskaya MD, Molly Heublein MD
• Editor: Era Kryzhanovskaya MD, Molly Heublein MD
• Guest: Elizabeth Gatewood, DNP, FNP-C, CNE, FAANP, FAAN
• Technical support: Podpaste
• Theme Music: MorsyMusic

Show Segments

• Intro, disclaimer, guest bio
• Guest one-liner/ Best piece of advice
• Challenges to clinical teaching
• Establishing a learning climate/orienting a learner
• Goals and Feedback
• Teaching clinical reasoning/One Minute Preceptor
• Debriefing
• Teaching on the fly
• Focusing on Pearls
• Setting expectations
• Take home points
• Outro