ABC of Learning and Teaching in Medicine

The ABC of Learning and Teaching in Medicine is a fully revised, succinct resource for both novice and experienced medical teachers. It is an excellent introductory text for doctors and other health professionals starting out in their careers as well as offering teaching tips and new perspectives for busy practitioners wishing to keep abreast of developments in medical education. The ABC emphasises the teacher s role as a facilitator of learning rather than a transmitter of knowledge. It is designed to be practical and accessible and will support good teachers in becoming even better at what they do. Each chapter seeks to explain how different aspects of learning and assessment work (the theory) as well as providing descriptions of educational approaches that work (the practice). This fully updated new edition features core medical education topics such as course design, assessment, learning in groups, feedback, and the creation of learning materials. It also includes invaluable new chapters that address many of the challenges of medical education such as dealing with students in difficulty, the teaching of professionalism in clinical settings, and how to support the development of teachers. Together, these chapters represent an authoritative guide written by a team of educational experts of international renown and is suitable for all health professional educators.

The ABC of Learning and Teaching in Medicine is afully revised, succinct resource for both novice and experiencedmedical teachers. It is an excellent introductory text for doctorsand other health professionals starting out in their careers aswell as offering teaching tips and new perspectives for busypractitioners wishing to keep abreast of developments in medicaleducation.The ABC emphasises the teacher's role as afacilitator of learning rather than a transmitter of knowledge. Itis designed to be practical and accessible and will support goodteachers in becoming even better at what they do. Each chapterseeks to explain how different aspects of learning and assessmentwork (the theory) as well as providing descriptions of educationalapproaches that work (the practice).This fully updated new edition features core medical educationtopics such as course design, assessment, learning in groups,feedback, and the creation of learning materials. It alsoincludes invaluable new chapters that address many of thechallenges of medical education such as dealing with students indifficulty, the teaching of professionalism in clinical settings,and how to support the development of teachers. Together, thesechapters represent an authoritative guide written by a team ofeducational experts of international renown and is suitable for allhealth professional educators.

Contributors viiPreface ix1 Applying Educational Theory in Practice 1David M. Kaufman2 Course Design 6John Bligh and Julie Brice3 Collaborative Learning 10Diana Wood4 Evaluation 15Jillian Morrison5 Teaching Large Groups 19Peter Cantillon6 Teaching Small Groups 23David Jaques7 Feedback in Medical Education: Skills for Improving Learner Performance 29Joan Sargeant and Karen Mann8 Learning and Teaching in the Clinical Environment 33John Spencer9 Written Assessment 38Lambert W T Schuwirth and Cees P M van der Vleuten10 Skill-Based Assessment 42Val Wass11 Work-Based Assessment 48John Norcini and Eric Holmboe12 Direct Observation Tools for Workplace-Based Assessment 52Peter Cantillon and Diana Wood13 Learning Environment 60Jill Thistlethwaite14 Creating Teaching Materials 64Jean Ker and Anne Hesketh15 Learning and Teaching Professionalism 69Sylvia R. Cruess and Richard L. Cruess16 Making It All Happen: Faculty Development for Busy Teachers 73Yvonne Steinert17 Supporting Students in Difficulty 78Dason Evans and Jo BrownIndex 8