(Respiratory Medicine) 1st ed. 2019 Edition
by Patricia A. Kritek (Editor), Jeremy B. Richards (Editor)
This is a book for clinician educators. It offers modern,
evidence-based practices to use in teaching learners at a range of
levels, with an emphasis on concrete strategies that teachers can
implement in their own clinical practices as well as in small and large
group settings.
Medical education is rapidly changing with
emerging evidence on best practices and a proliferation of new
technologies. As strategies for effectively teaching medical learners
evolve, it is important to understand the implications for Pulmonary,
Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine (PCCM). This text is structured to
allow easy access to the reader. Chapters are organized around level of
learner (e.g., medical student to PCCM fellow to practicing physicians)
as well as the location of teaching. Given the variety of clinical
settings in which PCCM physicians teach, specific consideration of best
practices, broad changes in curricular design and pedagogy are
considered in different clinical contexts.
Each chapter begins
with a focus on why the topic is important for clinician educators. A
review of the available evidence and relevant medical education theory
about the topic follows, with examples from specific studies that
provide insight into best practices regarding the concepts and topics
discussed in the chapter. For chapters focusing on learners, different
environments are considered and similarly, if the focus is on the
learning environment, attention is paid to the approach to different
learners. Each chapter ends with a summary of the primary points from
the chapter and concrete examples of how clinician teachers can put the
concepts discussed in the chapter into practice. This is an ideal guide
for educators in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine.
