Keynote Speaker and World Café

The 2012 Festival of Teaching will come to an exciting close on Thursday, March 15 at 2:45pm in the South Atrium of Edmonton Clinic Health Academy (3rd Floor, ECHA) with two connected events: a World Café on Teaching and a keynote address by Dr. Larrie Greenberg.

World Café on Teaching
2:45-4:30pm
South Atrium of Edmonton Clinic Health Academy (3rd Floor, ECHA)

Keynote: "How Do I Know I'm Teaching Effectively"
4:30-5:30pm
South Atrium of Edmonton Clinic Health Academy (3rd Floor, ECHA)

Dr. Larrie Greenberg is a Clinical Professor in Pediatrics at George Washington University (GWU) School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He currently is internal consultant in faculty development at GWU and has held that position since 2000. Previously, Dr. Greenberg served as Director, Pediatric Medical Education, Holy Cross Hospital of Silver Spring (1974-1978), affiliated with GWU and Children’s Hospital and was Director and founder, Office of Medical Education, Children’s National Medical Centre (CNMC) (1978-2000).

He has held office as Chair, Northeast Group on Educational Affairs (Association of American Medical Colleges) (1993-1995); Elected member, Research in Medical Education Committee, AAMC (1990-1993); Member, National GEA steering committee, AAMC (1993-1995); First full-time President of medical staff, CNMC (1988-1990), Chief Medical Officer, CNMC (1991-1992); and President, Council of Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (1997-1999). Since 1979, Dr. Greenberg has been a member of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association (APA), including being elected to the Board from 1987-1990. He is also a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics (since 1969).

Dr. Greenberg has won a number of awards, including the George Washington award from GWU for outstanding service to the University; outstanding teaching program in the country, pediatric clerkship (Academic Pediatric Association) award (1993); the Gold T alumnus award from the University of Toledo, lifetime commitment award (1995); Outstanding clinical teacher, GWU (1996), and the Ray Helfer award for outstanding medical education research, APA (1997, 1998, 2004). In 1991 he was elected to the American Pediatric Society. In 1997 he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Student Organization by Medical students at GWU. In 2000 CNMC named an annual lectureship in medical education in his honor, and in 2005 a room on the CLASS floor (the standardized patient and simulation centre at GWU) was dedicated in his honor.

Among his achievements, Dr. Greenberg started one of the first office rotations for pediatric residents in 1974, started faculty development and the Master Teachers’ program at CNMC and GWU, did the first randomized control trial (RCT) research on teaching residents how to teach in the late 1970s, and published on the use of standardized patients (SPs) in the early 1980s with regards to giving bad news to parents.

Dr. Greenberg is the author of over 120 articles, 60 abstracts, 9 books, chapters, an interactive CD-ROM on telephone skills, 25 letters to the editor and manuals, most of which are medical education-related. Additionally, he has travelled nationally and internationally, giving over 300 presentations and visiting professorships on medical education topics.