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A Practical Guide for Medical and Health Professions Teachers

  • 7 Edición - 30 de junio de 2026
  • Última edición
  • Editores: John Dent, Ronald M. Harden, Yvonne Steinert
  • Idioma: Inglés

Bridging the gap between education theory and the delivery of excellent teaching, A Practical Guide for Medical and Health Professions Teachers, 7th Edition, provides access… Leer más

Descripción

Bridging the gap between education theory and the delivery of excellent teaching, A Practical Guide for Medical and Health Professions Teachers, 7th Edition, provides accessible, highly readable, and practical information for those involved in basic science, clinical practice, and education in all the health professions. Highly regarded in these fields, this text offers valuable insights from global contributors who provide an international perspective as well as a multi-professional approach to topics relevant to all healthcare teachers. This fully revised edition provides timely updates on recent growth areas—from artificial intelligence, to the evolution of precision learning, to cultural awareness. It remains one of the foremost guides from top educationalists in the field.

Puntos claves

  • Emphasizes the importance of developing educational skills in the delivery of enthusiastic and effective teaching
  • Offers comprehensive, succinct sections on curriculum development, learning situations and strategies, curriculum themes, assessment, student engagement, and more
  • Includes new content on artificial intelligence, public health medicine, social accountability, cultural awareness, student well-being and mindfulness, cost and sustainability in medical education, learning analytics, precision learning, peer-assisted learning, and professional identity, to highlight some
  • Features an expanded section, “Patients,” that stresses the importance of the patients as a partners in education and assessment
  • Helpful boxes highlight practical tips, quotes, and trends seen in today’s approach to education
  • Delivers the knowledge and expertise of more than 60 new authors and some 130 contributors from 27 countries, providing representation across the health professions
  • An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

De interès para

Teachers and trainers in medicine and health professions, whether engaged in undergraduate, postgraduate or continuing education. Students of postgraduate / masters programmes in medical and health professions education. Medical and health professions curriculum developers, student advisors or education researchers

Índice

SECTION 1 Curriculum Development—The ‘Why’ of Learning

1. The Future of Health Professions Education
John A. Dent, Ronald M. Harden, and Yvonne E. Steinert

2. What Is the Curriculum?
Ronald M. Harden

3. Theories of Teaching and Learning
Susan Jamieson

4. The Continuum of Education for the Health Professions
Richard Hays

5. The Undergraduate Curriculum
Susan van Schalkwyk and Julia Blitz

6. Postgraduate Education in the Health Professions: Pathways to Practice
Eusang Ahn, Jason R. Frank, and Linda Snell

7. Continuing Professional Development
Samar Aboulsoud and Helena Prior Filipe

8. The International and Global Dimensions of Education in the Health Professions
Elizabeth K. Kachur

SECTION 2 Learning Situations—The ‘How’ of Learning

9. Learning in Large Groups
William B. Jeffries, Kathryn N. Huggett, and John L. Szarek

10. Learning in Small Groups
Dario Torre and Steven J. Durning

11. Learning in the Workplace
Francisco M. Olmos-Vega

12. Independent Learning and Distance Education
John Sandars and Kieran Walsh

13. Learning in Hospitals
John A. Dent

14. Learning Medicine in Rural and Urban Communities
Roger P. Strasser, Carol P. Herbert, and William B. Ventres

15. Learning in a Simulated Environment
Debra Nestel, Debra Kiegaldie, Arunaz Kumar, and Alexis Battista

SECTION 3 Educational Strategies and Technologies—The ‘Approaches’ to Learning

16. Outcome-Based Education
Eric Holmboe

17. Integrated Learning
Neil Osheroff

18. Interprofessional Education and Learning
Kathy Chappell and Elizabeth Molloy

19. Problem-Based Learning: A Flexible Approach
Diana Dolmans, Woei Hung, and Janneke Frambach

20. Team-Based Learning
Dean Parmelee, Maryam Alizadeh, and Abbas Hyderi

21. Technology and Professional Education
Rachel H. Ellaway

22. Artificial Intelligence and the Clinical Teacher
Martin Pusic and Adam Rodman

23. Precision Learning
Vishna Devi Nadarajah, Er Hui Meng, and Nilesh Kumar Mitra

SECTION 4 Curriculum Themes—The ‘What’ of Teaching and Learning

24. Relevance of Foundational Sciences to the Curriculum
Wojciech Pawlina, Punnose Kurian Kattil, and Nirusha Lachman

25. Social and Behavioural Sciences in Medical School Curricula
Jeni Harden

26. Clinical Communications Skills and Empathy
Dujeepa D. Samarasekera, Lee Shuh Shing, and Han Ting Jillian Yeo

27. Bioethics
Russell Franco D’Souza, Mary Mathew, and Krishna Mohan Surapaneni

28. Professionalism and Supporting Professional Identity
Robert Sternszus and Natasha Khursigara-Slattery

29. Utilizing Education Research to Deliver Evidence-Based Teaching
Morris Gordon

30. Patient Safety and Quality of Care
Linda A. Headrick, Douglas E. Paull, and Kevin B. Weiss

31. Health Humanities in Health Professions Education
Julie Y. Chen, Harry Yi-Jui Wu, and Alex Gearin

32. Integrative Medicine in the Training of Health Professionals
Aviad Haramati, Shelley R. Adler, Vincent J. Minichiello, and Ray Teets

33. Clinical Reasoning
Jack Penner, Ralph Pinnock, and Steven J. Durning

34. Well-being, Mindfulness and Yarigai
Mariko Morishita and Hiroshi Nishigori

35. Planetary Health
Michelle McLean and Kristen MacKenzie-Shalders

36. Cultural Competence and Humility
Ardi Findyartini and Diantha Soemantri

37. Future-Proofing the Student
Raquel Correia, Matthieu Guyot, and Mathias Brugel

38. Public Health in Health Professions Education
Hossam Hamdy and Jayadevan Sreedharan

SECTION 5 Assessment—The ‘Measure’ of Learning

39. Concepts in Assessment Including Standard Setting
John Norcini and Danette W. McKinley

40. Written Assessments
Lambert W.T. Schuwirth and Cees van der Vleuten

41. Performance and Workplace Assessment
Katharine Boursicot and Sandra Kemp

42. Portfolios, Projects and Theses
Erik W. Driessen, Sylvia Heeneman, and Cees van der Vleuten

43. Assessment as Learning
Marjan Govaerts and Desirée Joosten-ten Brinke

44. The Assessment of Attitudes and Professionalism
Val Wass, Helen Reid, and Amanda Barnard

45. Programmatic Assessment
Chris Roberts and Priya Khanna

SECTION 6 Staff—The ‘Who’ of Teaching and Learning

46. The Roles of the Teacher in Health Professions Education
Ronald M. Harden and Pat Lilley

47. Teacher Evaluation
Ron A. Berk

48. The Teacher as a Scholar
Shoaleh Bigdeli and Fakhrosadat Mirhosseini

49. Faculty Development
Yvonne E. Steinert

50. Mentoring in Health Professions Education
Subha Ramani and Larry Gruppen

51. Faculty Well-being, Burnout and Stress
Marti Balaam and Harriet Harris

SECTION 7 Students

52. Selection of Students and Trainees
Kevin W. Eva

53. The Student as Teacher
Sambath Cheab and Sengkhoun Lim

54. Working with Students with Learning Difficulties
Miriam Lacasse and Julie Montreuil

55. Student Engagement in the Educational Process
Karen D. Könings, Stephanie N.E. Meeuwissen, and Subha Ramani

56. Career Choice
Laila Premji and Stacey Bernstein

SECTION 8 Patients

57. The Patient as Educator
Vincent Dumez, Philippe Karazivan, Annie Descôteaux, and Caroline Wong

58. The Patient as Assessor
Lynn Ashdown and Linda Jones

59. The Patient as Curriculum Developer
Angela Towle, Adrian Yee, and Carolyn Canfield

SECTION 9 Education Management

60. Curriculum Evaluation
Machelle Linsenmeyer

61. Medical Education Leadership
Judy McKimm and Kirsty Forrest

62. The Health Professions Teacher and Social Accountability
Roger P. Strasser, Charles Boelen, Shrijane Shrestha, Mohamed Elhassan Abdalla, and James Rourke

63. The Educational Learning Environment
Jonas Nordquist and Ingrid Philibert

64. Health Professions Education Research
Jennifer A. Cleland and Steven J. Durning

65. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Medical Education
Petra Verdonk and Janusz Janczukowicz

66. The Cost and Sustainability of Health Professions Education
Kieran Walsh and Jonathan Foo

67. Health Professions Education in Disrupted and Conflict Settings
Gominda Ponnamperuma

68. Evidence-Informed Health Professions Education
Hussein Uraiby and Michelle Daniel

Reseñas

Review of the previous edition:
"This is an outstanding contribution to the medical education literature which should have significant global appeal." --James A. Hallock, Past President and Chief Executive, Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, USA

"This marvellous book reminds us that, in the health professions, ‘we are all teaching and we are all learning’ ". --Brian D. Hodges Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Education at the University of Toronto

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 7
  • Última edición
  • Publicado: 27 de julio de 2026
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre los editores

JD

John Dent

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Honorary Reader in Postgraduate Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK

RH

Ronald M. Harden

Professor Ronald M Harden is recognised as a leading international expert in medical education with experience as a teacher, curriculum developer, and teaching dean of a medical school. He is currently General Secretary of AMEE, an International Association for Medical Education.
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Professor (Emeritus) Medical Education, University of Dundee, UK, Editor Medical Teacher, UK

YS

Yvonne Steinert

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Professor, Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, USA