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
Description: "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.
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.