Understanding medical education : evidence, theory and practice /

Understanding medical education : evidence, theory and practice /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
Description:	xviii, 446 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Medicine -- Study and teaching. Education, Medical -- methods -- Collected Works. Education, Medical -- organization & administration -- Collected Works. Medicine -- Study and teaching.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8376398

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Other authors / contributors:	Swanwick, Tim.
ISBN:	9781405196802 (pbk.) 1405196807 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Understanding Medical Education was launched as a series of monographs in September 2006, and was the brainchild of Association of Medical Education's then Chief Executive, Frank Smith. It has provided an outstanding success, selling over 40 000 copies worldwide. The series was designed to meet the needs of all newcomers to medical education including those studying at certificate, diploma or masters level and contributors have included experts from all walks of medical education from across the world. These popular monographs have now been collected into a single core textbook, providing a comprehensive guide to the theoretical and academic bases to modern medical education practice"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

List of Contributors
Foreword
Introduction
Part 1. General
1. Principles of curriculum design
2. Teaching and learning: how theory can inform practice
Part 2. Education strategies
3. Problem-based learning
4. Interprofessional education
5. Work-based learning
6. Learning from the humanities
7. Portfolios, personal development and reflective practice
Part 3. Educational encounters
8. Supervision, mentoring and coaching
9. Teaching and leading small groups
10. Lectures and large groups
11. e-learning
12. Simulation in medical education
13. Patient involvement in medical education
Part 4. Assessment
14. How to design a useful test: the principles of assessment
15. Written examinations
16. Workplace assessment
17. OSCEs and other structured assessments of clinical competence
18. Formative assessment
19. Self-regulated learning in medical education
Part 5. Research and evaluation
20. Thinking about research: frameworks, ethics and scholarship
21. Quantitative research methods in medical education
22. Qualitative research methods in medical education
23. Evaluation: improving education, influencing policy
Part 6. Staff and students
24. Selection for medical education and training
25. Managing remediation
26. Quality in medical education
27. Dealing with diversity
28. Developing medical educators: A journey, not a destination
29. Educational leadership
Index