6th Edition
by John Dent (Author), Ronald M Harden (Author), Dan Hunt (Author)
Highly regarded in the field of medical education, A Practical Guide for Medical Teachers provides accessible, highly readable, and practical information for those involved in basic science and clinical medicine teaching. The fully updated 6th Edition
offers valuable insights into today’s medical education. Input from
global contributors who offer an international perspective and
multi-professional approach to topics of interest to all healthcare
teachers. With an emphasis on the importance of developing educational
skills in the delivery of enthusiastic and effective teaching, it is an essential guide to maximizing teaching performance.
- Offers comprehensive, succinct coverage of curriculum planning and development, assessment, student engagement, and more.
- Includes
10 new chapters that discuss the international dimension to medical
education, clinical reasoning, the roles of teachers, mentoring, burnout
and stress, the patient as educator, professional identity, curriculum
and teacher evaluation, how students learn, and diversity, equality and
individuality.
- Delivers the knowledge and expertise of more than 40 international contributors.
- Features helpful boxes highlighting practical tips, quotes, and trends in today’s medical education.
- Enhanced
eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to
access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a
variety of devices.
- As the scope of medical education
continues to expand there is a continual emergence of new topics of
interest to teachers in all healthcare disciplines. This is recognised
in this Sixth Edition in eight new chapters: The international dimension
of the curriculum; How students learn; Clinical reasoning; Roles of a
teacher; Burnout, mistreatment and stress; Professional identity as a
student; Curriculum and teacher evaluation; and Diversity equality and
inclusivity.
- In addition eight existing chapters will be re-named to reflect a substantial change of emphasis or content.
- Over
one hundred authors from twelve countries provide both an international
perspective and a multi-professional approach to topics of interest to
all healthcare teachers.
