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Medical Education: Theory and Practice

  • 1st Edition - September 24, 2010
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Tim Dornan, John A. Spencer, Albert J J A Scherpbier, Karen V. Mann
  • Language: English

Medical Education: Theory and Practice is a new text linking the theory and the practice for graduate students and educators who want to go beyond the basics. The scholarship of me… Read more

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Medical Education: Theory and Practice is a new text linking the theory and the practice for graduate students and educators who want to go beyond the basics. The scholarship of medical education is, above all, a ‘practice’, but one that has a strong theoretical foundation. Neither theory nor practice stand still, and both are grounded in research. The novelty of this book lies in its interweaving of practice, theory, innovation and research.

The book starts with a theorised, contemporary overview of the field. Next, it explores the theoretical foundations of medical education in depth. The remainder of the book reviews a whole a range of educational contexts, processes and outcomes.

This work has been edited by a distinguished, international team of medical educationalists and written by equally accomplished authors from across the globe representing a spectrum of disciplines.

This will be an invaluable text for all Masters Students in health professions education as well as PhD students and education researchers wanting a background to the discipline. Educators and medical students will also find it a very useful resource.

Key features

  • Written by key figures in medical educational research combined with a strong editorial influence from the international editorial team.

  • The text has a strong evidence-based approach that is fully cognisant of research methodology issues,

  • The book provides a scholarly explanation on the topic, rather than aiming to say the last word.

  • Written throughout in a clear and comprehensible style.

  • The content is extensively referenced with additional suggestions for further reading.

Readership

• Masters students in health professions education.
• PhD students and education researchers wanting a background to the discipline.
• Well informed educators wanting to learn above a basic operational level.
• Medical students learning about education in optional parts of the curriculum or intercalated periods of special study.

Table of contents

Introduction

  • Glossary

  • Medical Education – an introduction to the domain

Section 1 Theoretical and social foundations

  • Morality and philosophy of medicine and education

  • Perspectives on learning

  • Medical education in its societal context

  • Medical education in an interprofessional context

  • Patient involvement in health professional education

  • Curriculum development in learning medicine

Section 2 Educational processes

  • Creating a learning environment

  • Identifying learners’ needs and self assessment

  • Teaching and learning in small groups

  • Teaching and learning in large groups: the ‘lecture’ in the 21st century

  • Learning and teaching clinical procedures

  • Learning and teaching in workplaces

  • Learning from practice: routines, mentoring, feedback and portfolios

  • Assessing learners

  • Quality assurance of teaching and learning: enhancing the quality culture

  • Developing learning resources

  • Selecting for medicine

  • Predicting and guiding career success in medicine

  • Developing teachers and developing learners

  • Glossary

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 2, 2010
  • Language: English

About the editors

TD

Tim Dornan

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Maastricht University, the Netherlands, and Honorary Professor of Medicine, University of Manchester, UK

JS

John A. Spencer

Affiliations and expertise
Professor in Medical Education in Primary Health Care and Sub Dean for Primary and Community Care, School of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University Medical School, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

AS

Albert J J A Scherpbier

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Scientific Director of the Institute for Education and Associate Dean of Education, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, the Netherlands

KM

Karen V. Mann

Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus, Division of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada