Medical Education From a Theory-Practice-Philosophy Perspective

Medical schooling, at least as structured in the United States and Canada, is commonly assembled intuitively or empirically to meet concrete goals. Despite a long history of scholarship in educational theory to address how people learn, this is rarely examined during medical curriculum design. We pr...

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Main Authors: Susan A. Kirch PhD (Author), Moshe J. Sadofsky MD, PhD (Author)
Format: Book
Published: Elsevier, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:Medical schooling, at least as structured in the United States and Canada, is commonly assembled intuitively or empirically to meet concrete goals. Despite a long history of scholarship in educational theory to address how people learn, this is rarely examined during medical curriculum design. We provide a historical perspective on educational theory-practice-philosophy and a tool to aid faculty in learning how to identify and use theory-practice-philosophy for the design of curriculum and instruction.
Item Description:2374-2895
10.1177/23742895211010236