Talk:Medicine Learning and Teaching Forum 2012 - Online Projects

Project Topic Selection - 2 methods.
I have tried two methods and suggest that there is no preferred option. In either case, allow the students some time to do some initial researching of available topics before they are committed to that topic. I have even allowed groups to change their topic early in the process. Course coordinator provides a broad topic area and students select their own specific topics, in consultation with the coordinator. Course coordinator provides a list of specific topics, that students then pick from in a first come first served basis.

Belbin Team Inventory

Belbin Team Inventory (Belbin Self-Perception Inventory, Belbin Team Role Inventory, SPI or BTRSPI) is a personality test for group workers.

Role Weaknesses

Plants could be unorthodox or forgetful
Resource Investigators might forget to follow up on a lead
Monitor Evaluators could be overly critical and slow moving
Co-ordinators might over delegate leaving themselves little work to do
Implementers might be slow to relinquish their plans in favour of positive changes
Completer Finishers could be accused of taking their perfectionism to the extremes
Teamworkers might become indecisive when unpopular decisions need to be made
Shapers could risk becoming aggressive and bad-humoured in their attempts to get things done
Specialist may have a tendency to focus narrowly on their own subject of choice