On learning in the clinical environment
DiscussionWorkplace learning was built upon varying theoretical perspectives of learning in the medical and nursing contexts respectively. The main message in the thesis argued for an upgrading of students as a powerful and active stakeholder in workplace learning, so as not to view students as passive consumers of clinical education. (Source: Perspectives on Medical Education)
Source: Perspectives on Medical Education - August 1, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: research
Sprint to work: A novel model for team science collaboration in academic medicine
AbstractCollaborative research in academic medicine is often inefficient and ineffective. It often fails to leverage the expertise of interdisciplinary team members, does not seek or incorporate team input at opportune times, and creates workload inequities. Adapting approaches developed in venture capital, we created the ‘sprint model’ for writing academic papers based on the analysis of secondary data. The ‘sprint model’ minimizes common barriers that undermine collaboration in academic medicine. This model for team science collaboration begins with team members convening for a highly focused, guided sessio n. In...
Source: Perspectives on Medical Education - August 1, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: research
Communication skills training and the conceptual structure of empathy among medical students
DiscussionThese findings shed light on the conceptual structure of empathy among medical students and generate a number of hypotheses for future intervention and longitudinal studies on the relation between communication skills training and empathy. (Source: Perspectives on Medical Education)
Source: Perspectives on Medical Education - August 1, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: research
A health professions education editors’ open letter to our community
(Source: Perspectives on Medical Education)
Source: Perspectives on Medical Education - August 1, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: research
Expressive instructions: ethnographic insights into the creativity and improvisation entailed in teaching physical skills to medical students
This article examines how creativity and improvisation play out in the ways teachers give ‘expressive instructions’ to medical students when teaching physical skills.MethodsEthnographic fieldwork was conducted in a medical school in Maastricht, the Netherlands, with first, second and third year students learning physical examination skills. Over 230 h of fieldwork was conducted in the Skills Lab, including 34 tutorials of 1.5 h duration, with 11 different teachers and over 500 students. Patterns found in the fieldnotes were thematically analyzed using an inductive approach, drawing on sociological theories of c...
Source: Perspectives on Medical Education - July 27, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: research
