摘要
Dear Editor,I read with interest the article by Drs Schneiderhan,Guetterman and Dobson,curriculum development.1 This is a timely and well-written paper that is pertinent for Family Medicine clerkship coordinators.I would like to suggest another instruc-tional strategy,the miniworkshop,which may be of interest to family medicine educators.Miniworkshops consist of a brief didactic lecture followed by small-group exercises.2 For example,after a lecture on hypothy-roidism for 30 min,learners are divided into groups of three(triads,being the ideal group size)and given cases with short-answer questions.The instructor walks around and assists any groups that are struggling.At the end,a closure discussion is held and sample answers displayed.
