Understanding medical education
Subtitle: evidence, theory, and practice
By: edited by Tim Swanwick
Contributors: Association for the Study of Medical Education
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781405196802
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: List of Contributors.; title: Foreword.; title: Introduction.; title: Part 1: General.; title: 1. Principles of curriculum design.; title: 2. Teaching and learning: how theory can inform practice.; title: Part 2: Education strategies.; title: 3. Problem-based learning.; title: 4. Interprofessional education.; title: 5. Work-based learning.; title: 6. Learning from the humanities.; title: 7. Portfolios, personal development and reflective practice.; title: Part 3: Educational encounters.; title: 8. Supervision, mentoring and coaching.; title: 9. Teaching and leading small groups.; title: 10. Lectures and large groups.; title: 11. e-learning.; title: 12. Simulation in medical education.; title: 13. Patient involvement in medical education.; title: Part 4: Assessment.; title: 14. How to design a useful test: the principles of assessment.; title: 15. Written examinations.; title: 16. Workplace assessment.; title: 17. OSCEs and other structured assessments of clinical competence.; title: 18. Formative assessment.; title: 19. Self-regulated learning in medical education.; title: Part 5: Research and evaluation.; title: 20. Thinking about research: frameworks, ethics and scholarship.; title: 21. Quantitative research methods in medical education.; title: 22. Qualitative research methods in medical education.; title: 23. Evaluation: improving education, influencing policy.; title: Part 6: Staff and students.; title: 24. Selection for medical education and training.; title: 25. Managing remediation.; title: 26. Quality in medical education.; title: 27. Dealing with diversity.; title: 28. Developing medical educators: A journey, not a destination.; title: 29. Educational leadership.; title: Index.