Highly regarded in the field of medical education, A Practical Guide for Medical Teachers provides accessible, highly readable, and practical information for those involved in basic science and clinical medicine teaching. The fully updated 6th Edition offers valuable insights into today’s medical education. Input from global contributors who offer an international perspective and multi-professional approach to topics of interest to all healthcare teachers. With an emphasis on the importance of developing educational skills in the delivery of enthusiastic and effective teaching, it is an essential guide to maximizing teaching performance.
Offers comprehensive, succinct coverage of curriculum planning and development, assessment, student engagement, and more
Includes 10 new chapters that discuss the international dimension to medical education, clinical reasoning, the roles of teachers, mentoring, burnout and stress, the patient as educator, professional identity, curriculum and teacher evaluation, how students learn, and diversity, equality and individuality
Delivers the knowledge and expertise of more than 40 international contributors
Features helpful boxes highlighting practical tips, quotes, and trends in today’s medical education
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SECTION 1 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT 1. The Medical School of the Future 2. Curriculum Planning and Development 3. The Undergraduate Curriculum 4. Postgraduate Medical Education: A ‘Pipeline’ to Competence 5. Continuing Professional Development 6. The Hidden Curriculum, 7. The International Dimension of Medical Education
SECTION 2 LEARNING SITUATIONS 8. How Students Learn 9. Lectures 10. Learning in Small Groups 11. Clinical Teaching 12. Learning in Urban and Rural Communities 13. Learning in Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships 14. Learning in a Simulated Environment 15. Independent Learning and Distance Education
SECTION 3 EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES 16. Outcome-based Education 17. Integrated Learning 18. Interprofessional Education 19. Problem-Based Learning, 155 20. Team-Based Learning 21. Digital Technologies in Medical Education
SECTION 4 CURRICULUM THEMES, 179 22. Relevance of Foundational Sciences to the Curriculum 23. Social and Behavioural Sciences in Medical School Curricula 24. Clinical Communication Skills 25. Ethics, Empathy and Attitudes 26. Professionalism 27. Medical Research (in General) and Evidence-Based Medicine 28. Patient Safety and Quality of Care 29. Medical Humanities 30. Integrative Medicine in the Training of Physicians 31. Clinical Reasoning 32. Medical Education in an Era of Ubiquitous Information
SECTION 5 ASSESSMENT, 269 33. Concepts in Assessment Including Standard Setting 34. Written Assessments 35. Performance and Workplace Assessment 36. Portfolios, Projects and Theses 37. Feedback, Reflection and Coaching: Tools for Continuous Learning 38. The Assessment of Attitudes and Professionalism 39. Programmatic Assessment
SECTION 6 STAFF 40. The Roles of the Medical Teacher 41. The Teacher as a Scholar 42. Staff Development 43. Mentoring 44. Burnout, Mistreatment and Stress 45. The Patient as Educator
SECTION 7 STUDENTS & TRAINEES 46. Selection of Students and Trainees 47. Students and Trainees in Need of Additional Support 48. Student Engagement in the Educational Programme 49. Professional Identity and Career Choice,
SECTION 8 MEDICAL SCHOOL 50. Curriculum and Teacher Evaluation 51. Medical Education Leadership 52. The Medical Teacher and Social Accountability 53. The Educational Environment 54. Medical Education Research 55. Diversity, Equality and Individuality
John Dent, MMEd, MD, FHEA, FRCSEd, Honorary Reader in Postgraduate Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK, Ronald M. Harden, OBE MD FRCP(Glas) FRCSEd FRCPC, Professor (Emeritus) Medical Education, University of Dundee, UK, Editor Medical Teacher, UK and Dan Hunt, MD, MBA, Co-Secretary, LCME and Senior Director, Accreditation Services, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington DC, USA
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