Topics include curriculum development, teaching, and learning, clinical knowledge and reasoning, assessment, professional development, program evaluation, and certification. The purpose of this course is to explore selected issues in medical education.
Issues arise from disputes and from contending points of view among parties to a controversy.
Implied by this definition, an issue contains at least two different positions. Identify several issues in medical education by reviewing the literature. Prepare and present clear, cogent, and defensible analyses of selected issues in medical education. Appreciate and critique different research methodologies used to study medical education. The course will meet 10 times during the quarter, one session per week of one hour and 50 minutes in a discussion format.