Understanding Medical Education : Evidence, Theory and Practice

by Swanwick, Tim

• ISBN13: 9781405196802
• ISBN10: 1405196807
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-23
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Written by leading experts in medical education, this comprehensive resource summarizes the theoretical and academic bases of modern medical education. Whether your concerns are with undergraduate or postgraduate, certificate, diploma, or masters level education, this timely reference supplies helpful information.

Author Biography

Tim Swanwick is faculty development lead for the London Deanery and Director of Postgraduate General Practice Education; course leader for an MA in Clinical Education, Institute of Education, London University; Honorary Senior Lecture, Imperial College and Visiting Lecturer Universities of Westminster and Bedfordshire.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Foreword

Introduction

General

Principles of curriculum design

Teaching and learning: how theory can inform practice

Education strategies

Problem-based learning

Interprofessional education

Work-based learning

Learning from the humanities

Portfolios, personal development and reflective practice

Educational encounters

Supervision, mentoring and coaching

Teaching and leading small groups

Lectures and large groups

e-learning

Simulation in medical education

Patient involvement in medical education

Assessment

How to design a useful test: the principles of assessment

Written examinations

Workplace assessment

OSCEs and other structured assessments of clinical competence

Formative assessment

Self-regulated learning in medical education

Research and evaluation

Thinking about research: frameworks, ethics and scholarship

Quantitative research methods in medical education

Qualitative research methods in medical education

Evaluation: improving education, influencing policy

Staff and students

Selection for medical education and training

Managing remediation

Quality in medical education

Dealing with diversity

Developing medical educators: A journey, not a destination

Educational leadership

Index

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