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Highly regarded in the field of medical education,
A Practical Guide for Medical Teachers provides
accessible, highly readable, and practical information for those involved in basic science and clinical medicine teaching. The
fully updated 6th Edition offers valuable insights into today’s medical education.¿ Input from global contributors who offer an international perspective and multi-professional approach to topics of interest to all healthcare teachers. With an emphasis on the importance of developing educational skills in the delivery of enthusiastic and effective teaching, it is
an essential guide to maximizing teaching performance.- Offers comprehensive, succinct coverage of curriculum planning and development, assessment, student engagement, and more
- Includes 10 new chapters that discuss the international dimension to medical education, clinical reasoning, the roles of teachers, mentoring, burnout and stress, the patient as educator, professional identity, curriculum and teacher evaluation, how students learn, and diversity, equality and individuality
- Delivers the knowledge and expertise of more than 40 international contributors
- Features helpful boxes highlighting practical tips, quotes, and trends in today’s medical education
- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices
List of contents
SECTION 1 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
1. The Medical School of the Future
2. Curriculum Planning and Development
3. The Undergraduate Curriculum
4. Postgraduate Medical Education: A ‘Pipeline’ to Competence
5. Continuing Professional Development
6. The Hidden Curriculum,
7. The International Dimension of Medical Education
SECTION 2 LEARNING SITUATIONS8. How Students Learn
9. Lectures
10. Learning in Small Groups
11. Clinical Teaching
12. Learning in Urban and Rural Communities
13. Learning in Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships
14. Learning in a Simulated Environment
15. Independent Learning and Distance Education
SECTION 3 EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES16. Outcome-based Education
17. Integrated Learning
18. Interprofessional Education
19. Problem-Based Learning, 155
20. Team-Based Learning
21. Digital Technologies in Medical Education
SECTION 4 CURRICULUM THEMES, 17922. Relevance of Foundational Sciences to the Curriculum
23. Social and Behavioural Sciences in Medical School Curricula
24. Clinical Communication Skills
25. Ethics, Empathy and Attitudes
26. Professionalism
27. Medical Research (in General) and Evidence-Based Medicine
28. Patient Safety and Quality of Care
29. Medical Humanities
30. Integrative Medicine in the Training of Physicians
31. Clinical Reasoning
32. Medical Education in an Era of Ubiquitous Information
SECTION 5 ASSESSMENT, 26933. Concepts in Assessment Including Standard Setting
34. Written Assessments
35. Performance and Workplace Assessment
36. Portfolios, Projects and Theses
37. Feedback, Reflection and Coaching: Tools for Continuous Learning
38. The Assessment of Attitudes and Professionalism
39. Programmatic Assessment
SECTION 6 STAFF40. The Roles of the Medical Teacher
41. The Teacher as a Scholar
42. Staff Development
43. Mentoring
44. Burnout, Mistreatment and Stress
45. The Patient as Educator
SECTION 7 STUDENTS & TRAINEES46. Selection of Students and Trainees
47. Students and Trainees in Need of Additional Support
48. Student Engagement in the Educational Programme
49. Professional Identity and Career Choice,
SECTION 8 MEDICAL SCHOOL50. Curriculum and Teacher Evaluation
51. Medical Education Leadership
52. The Medical Teacher and Social Accountability
53. The Educational Environment
54. Medical Education Research
55. Diversity, Equality and Individuality
