The purpose of medical education is to benefit patients by improving the work of doctors.
Patient centeredness is a centuries old concept in medicine, but there is still a long way to …

People have needs they address daily over the course of their lives. They address these
needs through identifying and resolving problems in ways that reflect their identities. This …

This book presents ideas, evidence and guidance for those interested in using the most
recent advances in knowledge about learning and human development to enhance medical …

Medical education practice is more often the result of tradition, ritual, culture, and history
than of any easily expressed theoretical or conceptual framework. The authors explain the …

Significant developments in medical education are necessary if medical schools are to
respond to the pressures from advances in medicine, changes in health care delivery, and …

In Imagined Worlds, Dyson (1998) marshals his gifts as a scientist and as a storyteller to
present an illuminating account of possible developments in the future. He tells of a country …

Medical Education: Theory and Practice is a new text linking the theory and the practice for
graduate students and educators who want to go beyond the basics. The scholarship of …

Observers and critics of the medical profession, both within and without, urge that more
attention be paid to the moral sensibilities, the characters, of medical students. Passing on …

Medical Education 2011: 45: 60–68 Context Pedagogical practices reflect theoretical
perspectives and beliefs that people hold about learning. Perspectives on learning are …

For all its traditional successes, the current model of medical education in the United States
and Canada is being challenged on issues of quality, throughput, and cost, a process that …