A Practical Guide for Medical and Health Professions Teachers
- 7th Edition - April 30, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: John Dent, Ronald M. Harden, Yvonne Steinert
- Language: English
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Bridging the gap between education theory and the delivery of excellent teaching, A Practical Guide for Medical and Health Professions Teachers, 7th Edition, provides accessible, highly readable, and practical information for those involved in basic science, clinical practice, and education in all the health professions. Highly regarded in these fields, this text offers valuable insights from global contributors who provide an international perspective as well as a multi-professional approach to topics relevant to all healthcare teachers. This fully revised edition provides timely updates on recent growth areas—from artificial intelligence, to the evolution of precision learning, to cultural awareness. It remains one of the foremost guides from top educationalists in the field.
- Emphasizes the importance of developing educational skills in the delivery of enthusiastic and effective teaching
- Offers comprehensive, succinct sections on curriculum development, learning situations and strategies, curriculum themes, assessment, student engagement, and more
- Includes new content on artificial intelligence, public health medicine, social accountability, cultural awareness, student well-being and mindfulness, cost and sustainability in medical education, learning analytics, precision learning, peer-assisted learning, and professional identity, to highlight some
- Features an expanded section, “Patients,” that stresses the importance of the patients as a partners in education and assessment
- Helpful boxes highlight practical tips, quotes, and trends seen in today’s approach to education
- Delivers the knowledge and expertise of more than 60 new authors and some 130 contributors from 27 countries, providing representation across the health professions
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Teachers and trainers in medicine and health professions, whether engaged in undergraduate, postgraduate or continuing education. Students of postgraduate / masters programmes in medical and health professions education. Medical and health professions curriculum developers, student advisors or education researchers
SECTION 1 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
1. The Medical School of the Future
John A Dent, Ronald M Harden and Dan Hunt
2. Curriculum Planning and Development
Mark Edward Quirk and Ronald M Harden
3. The Undergraduate Curriculum
Joel Lanphear and Marie Matte
4. Postgraduate Medical Education: A ‘Pipeline’ to Competence
Linda Snell, Jason R Frank and Yousef Marwan
5. Continuing Professional Development
Samar Aboulsoud
6. The Hidden Curriculum
Elizabeth Gaufberg and Fred W Hafferty
7. The International Dimension of Medical Education
Trevor John Gibbs, Yingzi Huang and David Taylor
SECTION 2 LEARNING SITUATIONS
8. How Students Learn
Heeyoung Han, C Leslie Smith, Boyung Suh, Frank J Papa and Dan Hunt
9. Lectures
William B Jeffries III, Kathryn N Huggett and John L Szarek
10. Learning in Small Groups
Dario Torre and Steven J Durning
11. Clinical Teaching
Subha Ramani and John A Dent
12. Learning in Urban and Rural Communities
Roger Peter Strasser, Carol Pearl Herbert and William Brainerd Ventres
13. Learning in Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships
David A Hirsh, Tara A Singh, Yamini Saravanan and Lucie Kaye Walters
14. Learning in a Simulated Environment
Roger Kneebone, Debra Nestel and Fernando Bello
15. Independent Learning and Distance Education
John Sandars and Kieran Walsh
SECTION 3 EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES
16. Outcome-based Education
Eric Holmboe and Ronald M Harden
17. Integrated Learning
Neil Osheroff
18. Interprofessional Education
Jill E Thistlethwaite and Peter H Vlasses
19. Problem-Based Learning
Diana Dolmans, Woei Hung and Janneke M Frambach
20. Team-Based Learning
Dean Parmelee, Irina Overman and Abbas Hyderi
21. Digital Technologies in Medical Education
Rachel H Ellaway NEW - Artificial Intelligence
SECTION 4 CURRICULUM THEMES
22. Relevance of Foundational Sciences to the Curriculum
Wojciech Pawlina and Nirusha Lachman
23. Social and Behavioural Sciences in Medical School Curricula
Jeni Harden
24. Clinical Communication Skills
John R Skelton and Connie Wiskin
25. Ethics, Empathy and Attitudes
Teck Chuan Voo and Jacqueline Chin
26. Professionalism
Helen M O’Sullivan
27. Medical Research (in General) and Evidence-Based Medicine
Aliki Thomas and Benjamin Chin-Yee
28. Patient Safety and Quality of Care
Linda A Headrick, Douglas E Paull and Kevin B Weiss
29. Medical Humanities
Julie Y Chen and Harry Yi-Jui Wu
30. Integrative Medicine in the Training of Physicians
Aviad Haramati, Shelley R Adler, Ray Teets and Ben Kligler
31. Clinical Reasoning
Ralph Pinnock and Steven Durning v
32. Medical Education in an Era of Ubiquitous Information
Johmarx Patton and Chuck P Friedman
SECTION 5 ASSESSMENT
33. Concepts in Assessment Including Standard Setting
John Norcini and Danette W McKinley
34. Written Assessments
Lambert WT Schuwirth and Cees van der Vleuten
35. Performance and Workplace Assessment
Katharine Boursicot
36. Portfolios, Projects and Theses
Erik W Driessen, Sylvia Heeneman and Cees van der Vleuten
37. Feedback, Reflection and Coaching: Tools for Continuous Learning
Sharon K Krackov, Antoinette S Peters, Henry S Pohl and Joan M Sargeant
38. The Assessment of Attitudes and Professionalism
Val J Wass and Amanda Barnard
39. Programmatic Assessment
Cees van der Vleuten, Sylvia Heeneman and Lambert WT Schuwirth NEW Learning Analytics
SECTION 6 STAFF
40. The Roles of the Medical Teacher
Ronald M Harden and Pat Lilley
41. The Teacher as a Scholar
Shoaleh Bigdeli and Fakhrosadat Mirhoseini
42. Staff Development
Yvonne Steinert
43. Mentoring
Subha Ramani and Larry Gruppen
44. Burnout, Mistreatment and Stress
Marti Catheryn Balaam and Harriet Harris
SECTION 7 STUDENTS & TRAINEES
46. Selection of Students and Trainees
Kevin W Eva
47. Students and Trainees in Need of Additional Support
Rille Pihlak and Susannah Brockbank
48. Student Engagement in the Educational Programme
Marko Zdravkovic and Jim Determeijer
49. Professional Identity and Career Choice
Roger Ellis and Elaine Hogard NEW Peer-Assisted learning and Professional Identity
SECTION 8 PATIENTS
50. The Patient as Educator
Gerard Flaherty and Robina Shah 51 Patient as Assessor
52. Patient as Curriculum developer
SECTION 9 MEDICAL SCHOOL
50. Curriculum and Teacher Evaluation
Machelle Linsenmeyer
51. Medical Education Leadership
Judy McKimm and Kirsty Forrest
52. The Medical Teacher and Social Accountability
Roger Strasser, Charles Boelen, Björg Pálsdóttir, Andre-Jacques Neusy and James Rourke
53. The Educational Environment
Jonas Nordquist and Ingrid Philibert
54. Medical Education Research
Jennifer A Cleland and Steven J Durning
55. Diversity, Equality and Individuality
Petra Verdonk, Sandra Steffens, Omar Tanay, Marie Mikuteit, Stephanie Okafor, Konstantin Jendretzky, Francissca Appiah, Kambiz Afshar and Maaike Muntinga (in collaboration with KritMeds and Comenius Project Equal Opportunities)
1. The Medical School of the Future
John A Dent, Ronald M Harden and Dan Hunt
2. Curriculum Planning and Development
Mark Edward Quirk and Ronald M Harden
3. The Undergraduate Curriculum
Joel Lanphear and Marie Matte
4. Postgraduate Medical Education: A ‘Pipeline’ to Competence
Linda Snell, Jason R Frank and Yousef Marwan
5. Continuing Professional Development
Samar Aboulsoud
6. The Hidden Curriculum
Elizabeth Gaufberg and Fred W Hafferty
7. The International Dimension of Medical Education
Trevor John Gibbs, Yingzi Huang and David Taylor
SECTION 2 LEARNING SITUATIONS
8. How Students Learn
Heeyoung Han, C Leslie Smith, Boyung Suh, Frank J Papa and Dan Hunt
9. Lectures
William B Jeffries III, Kathryn N Huggett and John L Szarek
10. Learning in Small Groups
Dario Torre and Steven J Durning
11. Clinical Teaching
Subha Ramani and John A Dent
12. Learning in Urban and Rural Communities
Roger Peter Strasser, Carol Pearl Herbert and William Brainerd Ventres
13. Learning in Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships
David A Hirsh, Tara A Singh, Yamini Saravanan and Lucie Kaye Walters
14. Learning in a Simulated Environment
Roger Kneebone, Debra Nestel and Fernando Bello
15. Independent Learning and Distance Education
John Sandars and Kieran Walsh
SECTION 3 EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES
16. Outcome-based Education
Eric Holmboe and Ronald M Harden
17. Integrated Learning
Neil Osheroff
18. Interprofessional Education
Jill E Thistlethwaite and Peter H Vlasses
19. Problem-Based Learning
Diana Dolmans, Woei Hung and Janneke M Frambach
20. Team-Based Learning
Dean Parmelee, Irina Overman and Abbas Hyderi
21. Digital Technologies in Medical Education
Rachel H Ellaway NEW - Artificial Intelligence
SECTION 4 CURRICULUM THEMES
22. Relevance of Foundational Sciences to the Curriculum
Wojciech Pawlina and Nirusha Lachman
23. Social and Behavioural Sciences in Medical School Curricula
Jeni Harden
24. Clinical Communication Skills
John R Skelton and Connie Wiskin
25. Ethics, Empathy and Attitudes
Teck Chuan Voo and Jacqueline Chin
26. Professionalism
Helen M O’Sullivan
27. Medical Research (in General) and Evidence-Based Medicine
Aliki Thomas and Benjamin Chin-Yee
28. Patient Safety and Quality of Care
Linda A Headrick, Douglas E Paull and Kevin B Weiss
29. Medical Humanities
Julie Y Chen and Harry Yi-Jui Wu
30. Integrative Medicine in the Training of Physicians
Aviad Haramati, Shelley R Adler, Ray Teets and Ben Kligler
31. Clinical Reasoning
Ralph Pinnock and Steven Durning v
32. Medical Education in an Era of Ubiquitous Information
Johmarx Patton and Chuck P Friedman
SECTION 5 ASSESSMENT
33. Concepts in Assessment Including Standard Setting
John Norcini and Danette W McKinley
34. Written Assessments
Lambert WT Schuwirth and Cees van der Vleuten
35. Performance and Workplace Assessment
Katharine Boursicot
36. Portfolios, Projects and Theses
Erik W Driessen, Sylvia Heeneman and Cees van der Vleuten
37. Feedback, Reflection and Coaching: Tools for Continuous Learning
Sharon K Krackov, Antoinette S Peters, Henry S Pohl and Joan M Sargeant
38. The Assessment of Attitudes and Professionalism
Val J Wass and Amanda Barnard
39. Programmatic Assessment
Cees van der Vleuten, Sylvia Heeneman and Lambert WT Schuwirth NEW Learning Analytics
SECTION 6 STAFF
40. The Roles of the Medical Teacher
Ronald M Harden and Pat Lilley
41. The Teacher as a Scholar
Shoaleh Bigdeli and Fakhrosadat Mirhoseini
42. Staff Development
Yvonne Steinert
43. Mentoring
Subha Ramani and Larry Gruppen
44. Burnout, Mistreatment and Stress
Marti Catheryn Balaam and Harriet Harris
SECTION 7 STUDENTS & TRAINEES
46. Selection of Students and Trainees
Kevin W Eva
47. Students and Trainees in Need of Additional Support
Rille Pihlak and Susannah Brockbank
48. Student Engagement in the Educational Programme
Marko Zdravkovic and Jim Determeijer
49. Professional Identity and Career Choice
Roger Ellis and Elaine Hogard NEW Peer-Assisted learning and Professional Identity
SECTION 8 PATIENTS
50. The Patient as Educator
Gerard Flaherty and Robina Shah 51 Patient as Assessor
52. Patient as Curriculum developer
SECTION 9 MEDICAL SCHOOL
50. Curriculum and Teacher Evaluation
Machelle Linsenmeyer
51. Medical Education Leadership
Judy McKimm and Kirsty Forrest
52. The Medical Teacher and Social Accountability
Roger Strasser, Charles Boelen, Björg Pálsdóttir, Andre-Jacques Neusy and James Rourke
53. The Educational Environment
Jonas Nordquist and Ingrid Philibert
54. Medical Education Research
Jennifer A Cleland and Steven J Durning
55. Diversity, Equality and Individuality
Petra Verdonk, Sandra Steffens, Omar Tanay, Marie Mikuteit, Stephanie Okafor, Konstantin Jendretzky, Francissca Appiah, Kambiz Afshar and Maaike Muntinga (in collaboration with KritMeds and Comenius Project Equal Opportunities)
- Edition: 7
- Latest edition
- Published: April 30, 2026
- Language: English
JD
John Dent
Affiliations and expertise
International Liaison Officer, Association of Medical Education in Europe, Dundee, UKRH
Ronald M. Harden
Professor Ronald M Harden is recognised as a leading international expert in medical education with experience as a teacher, curriculum developer, and teaching dean of a medical school. He is currently General Secretary of AMEE, an International Association for Medical Education.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor (Emeritus) Medical Education, University of Dundee, UK, Editor Medical Teacher, UKYS
Yvonne Steinert
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, USA