The presence of a variety of independent learning theories makes it difficult for medical
educators to construct a comprehensive theoretical framework for medical education …

This Guide provides an overview of educational theory relevant to learning from experience.
It considers experience gained in clinical workplaces from early medical student days …

Abstract Health Professions' Educators (HPEs) and their learners have to adapt their
educational provision to rapidly changing and uncertain circumstances linked to the COVID …

Many graduate medical education (GME) programs have started to consider and adopt
entrustable professional activities (EPAs) in their competency frameworks. Do EPAs also …

EDUCATING PHYSICIANS The current blueprint for medical education in North America
was drawn up in 1910 by Abraham Flexner in his report Medical Education in the United …

This chapter describes 10 selected theoretical approaches to education, exploring their
implications for the practice of medical education. The theoretical approaches are social …

This study investigated the role of self-directed learning (SDL) in problem-based learning
(PBL) and examined how SDL relates to self-regulated learning (SRL). First, it is explained …

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

Context Learning through work has long been important for the development of health care
workers' occupational competence. However, to effectively utilise this mode of learning, its …

Context In a recent study of the quality of reporting experimental studies in medical
education, barely half the articles examined contained an explicit statement of the …