#  Richard Schwartzstein, MD 

 



##  Richard Schwartzstein, MD 

**Ellen and Melvin Gordon Professor of Medicine and Medical Education**  
**Harvard Medical School**

Richard Schwartzstein is a professor of medicine, Director of Educational Scholarship, and the Pathways Course Director for Homeostasis I at Harvard Medical School. As a practicing pulmonologist and critical care doctor at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Schwartzstein brings an applied lens to his teaching. In his Homeostasis I course, the simulations he facilitates with first-year medical students immerse learners in realistic problems of practice and require students to work together to reach informed solutions.



 

 

 

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  [### Asking and Answering Questions to Deepen Student Understanding

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   ![Wide shot of Dr. Schwartzstein instructing in front of a class of seated students.](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/sc_009.jpg?itok=8rHBaA1I) 

 



 

 

   [### Debriefing the Emotional Experience of the Simulation

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   ![Close up of graduate student speaking with microphone in a group of 4 other students.](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/sc_007.jpg?itok=nWPefqLG) 

 



 

 

   [### Defining Strategic Roles for Simulation Facilitators 

 ](/defining-strategic-roles-simulation-facilitators) 

   ![Medium close up of a group of students in a classroom gathered around a pretend patient on a hospital bed, hooked up to monitors.](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/sc_006.jpg?itok=GUsEt3br) 

 



 

 

   [### Designing a Simulation Session

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   ![Wide shot of classroom with some students seated and some students gathering around a fake patient hooked up to machines and monitors.](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/sc_002.jpg?itok=xY4zsMpy) 

 



 

 

   [### Engaging the Whole Class Through Strategic Role Assignment

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   ![Wide shot of classroom with some students seated and some students gathered around a fake patient on a hospital bed hooked up to machines.](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/sc_005.jpg?itok=ir4lrU1b) 

 



 

 

   [### Normalizing Uncertainty Through Simulations

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   ![Close up of two graduate students, one speaking into a microphone. Around the students are medical monitors and machines.](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/sc_004.jpg?itok=T6KPXkeO) 

 



 

 

   [### Planning for Unpredictability in Simulations

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   ![Close up of graduate student with a microphone leaning over and speaking to a fake patient on a hospital bed. Other graduate students in the classroom look on.](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/sc_003.jpg?itok=M-V_PSw6) 

 



 

 

   [### Using Simulations in the Case-Based Collaborative Learning Classroom

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   ![Medium close up of graduate students gathered around a fake patient. One student with a mircrophone speaking to the patient.](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/sc_001.jpg?itok=36uMkvcI) 

 



 

 

  

 

 

 

 

## Full Class Session

Watch the full class session featured in this instructor’s move videos to observe and reflect on teaching practices as they unfold. Click below to find a breakdown of all the class activities, with accompanying timestamps and descriptions. The video is also chaptered according to featured instructional moves, allowing you to see how these vignettes fit into the larger context of the session.

[Class Activity Breakdown](/file_url/841)



 



 

 

 



 

 

 

##  Course Documents 

 



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 [### Sample Faculty Guide

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 [### Sample Mini-Case

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 [### Homeostasis I Course Calendar

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