Health Professions Education Library

Book portfolio · Health Professions Education

Thirty books that shape how the health professions are taught

The works that recur on the reading lists of master’s programmes, faculty development courses and professional bodies in health professions education, from the Flexner Report to the current editions of the AMEE and ASME handbooks. Each entry gives the full bibliographic record, the reason it belongs on the shelf and its table of contents.

titles
30
strands
8
chapters indexed
626
span of publication
1910 to 2026

A

Landmark Reports and Reform Agendas

The documents that defined what health professions education is for, from the 1910 Flexner Report to the Carnegie studies of physician and nurse education a century later.

HPE A 01

Medical Education in the United States and Canada

A Report to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (The Flexner Report)

Abraham Flexner; introduction by Henry S. Pritchett

Publisher
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Bulletin Number Four
Edition
Original report
Year
1910
ISBN
No ISBN (1910 bulletin; full text openly available)

Why it is hereThe founding document of modern medical education. Flexner visited every school in the United States and Canada and argued for university-based, laboratory-grounded and hospital-integrated training. Its two-plus-two model still shapes curricula, and most current reform agendas define themselves against it.

Within two to three decades a majority of the schools operating in 1910 had closed or merged.

Contents 17 entries
  1. Introduction (Henry S. Pritchett)
  2. Part I
  3. IHistorical and General
  4. IIThe Proper Basis of Medical Education
  5. IIIThe Actual Basis of Medical Education
  6. IVThe Course of Study: The Laboratory Branches (A) First and Second Years
  7. VThe Course of Study: The Laboratory Branches (B) First and Second Years (continued)
  8. VIThe Course of Study: The Hospital and the Medical School (A) Third and Fourth Years
  9. VIIThe Course of Study: The Hospital and the Medical School (B) Third and Fourth Years (continued)
  10. VIIIThe Financial Aspects of Medical Education
  11. IXReconstruction
  12. XMedical Sects
  13. XIThe State Boards
  14. XIIThe Postgraduate School
  15. XIIIThe Medical Education of Women
  16. XIVThe Medical Education of the Negro
  17. Part II
  18. The Medical Schools of each state, Alabama to Wisconsin, followed by Canada
  19. Appendix: Table showing number in Faculty, Enrolment, Fee Income, Budget of Schools by States

HPE A 02

Health Professions Education

A Bridge to Quality

Institute of Medicine, Committee on the Health Professions Education Summit; Ann C. Greiner & Elisa Knebel (Eds.)

Publisher
National Academies Press
Edition
1st edition
Year
2003
ISBN
9780309087230

Why it is hereThe Quality Chasm series volume that tied education reform to patient safety and quality. It defines five core competencies every health professional should have and recommends changes to oversight, training environments and research. It is the bridge between this portfolio and the quality and safety literature.

Five core competencies: patient-centred care, interdisciplinary teams, evidence-based practice, quality improvement and informatics.

Contents 11 entries
  1. Executive Summary
  2. 1Introduction
  3. 2Challenges Facing the Health System and Implications for Educational Reform
  4. 3The Core Competencies Needed for Health Care Professionals
  5. 4Current Educational Activities in the Core Competencies
  6. 5Health Professions Oversight Processes: What They Do and Do Not Do, and What They Could Do
  7. 6Recommendations for Reform
  8. Appendix A: Committee Biographies
  9. Appendix B: Health Professions Education Summit Agenda
  10. Appendix C: Summit Strategies and Actions
  11. Appendix D: Attendee List

HPE A 03

Educating Physicians

A Call for Reform of Medical School and Residency

Molly Cooke, David M. Irby & Bridget C. O'Brien; foreword by Lee S. Shulman

Publisher
Jossey-Bass / Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Edition
1st edition
Year
2010
ISBN
9780470457979

Why it is hereThe Carnegie Foundation's centenary follow-up to Flexner, based on site visits to medical schools and residency programmes. It argues that professional formation is the central task of medical education and sets out four goals: standardise outcomes and individualise process, integrate knowledge and clinical experience, cultivate inquiry, and make professional identity formation explicit.

Part of the Carnegie 'Preparation for the Professions' series, alongside studies of law, engineering, clergy and nursing.

Contents 10 entries
  1. Foreword: On the Shoulders of Flexner
  2. Introduction
  3. Part One: Today's Practice, Yesterday's Legacy, Tomorrow's Challenges
  4. 1Educating Physicians: Context and Challenges
  5. 2Being a Doctor: Foundations of Professional Education
  6. Part Two: Learning the Physician's Work
  7. 3The Student's Experience: Undergraduate Medical Education
  8. 4The Resident's Experience: Graduate Medical Education
  9. Part Three: External Pressures and Internal Forces for Change
  10. 5Regulating and Financing Medical Education
  11. 6Leadership for Organizational Change
  12. Part Four: Meeting Tomorrow's Challenges: A Vision of the Possible
  13. 7Realizing the Vision: Transforming Medical Education
  14. 8Supporting Excellence Through Effective Policy

HPE A 04

Educating Nurses

A Call for Radical Transformation

Patricia Benner, Molly Sutphen, Victoria Leonard & Lisa Day; foreword by Lee S. Shulman

Publisher
Jossey-Bass / Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Edition
1st edition
Year
2010
ISBN
9780470457962

Why it is hereThe nursing counterpart of Educating Physicians and the first national study of nursing education in almost forty years. It shifts the emphasis from decontextualised knowledge to clinical reasoning, situated coaching and formation, and illustrates each argument with paradigm cases of real teachers.

AJN Book of the Year 2010 and PROSE Award for scholarly contribution 2010.

Contents 15 entries
  1. Introduction
  2. 1A Profession Transformed
  3. 2Teaching and Learning in Clinical Situations
  4. 3Teaching and Learning in the Classroom and Skills Lab
  5. 4A New Approach to Nursing Education
  6. 5Paradigm Case: Diane Pestolesi, Practitioner and Teacher
  7. 6Strategies for Teaching for a Sense of Salience
  8. 7Paradigm Case: Lisa Day, Classroom and Clinical Instructor
  9. 8Developing a Clinical Imagination
  10. 9Connecting Classroom and Clinical Through Integrative Teaching and Learning
  11. 10Paradigm Case: Sarah Shannon, Nurse Ethicist
  12. 11Being a Nurse
  13. 12Formation from a Critical Stance
  14. 13Improving Nursing Education at the Program Level
  15. Appendix: Methods for the Carnegie National Nursing Education Study
B

Core Textbooks and Handbooks

The large reference works that most master's programmes in health professions education use as their spine text.

HPE B 05

Understanding Medical Education

Evidence, Theory, and Practice

Tim Swanwick, Kirsty Forrest & Bridget C. O'Brien (Eds.)

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell, for the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME)
Edition
3rd edition
Year
2018 (copyright 2019)
ISBN
9781119373827

Why it is hereThe ASME reference text and the most common single textbook on certificate, diploma and master's courses. Thirty-seven chapters by leading authors move from learning theory through teaching methods, assessment, research and faculty support. New in this edition: the science of learning, knowledge synthesis and learner well-being.

Called one of the two best 'big books' on medical education in the University of Saskatchewan faculty development reading list.

Contents 37 entries
  1. Part 1: Foundations
  2. 1Understanding Medical Education
  3. 2A Global View of Structures and Trends in Medical Education
  4. 3The Science of Learning
  5. 4Teaching and Learning in Medical Education: How Theory can Inform Practice
  6. 5Principles of Curriculum Design
  7. 6Instructional Design: Applying Theory to Teaching Practice
  8. 7Quality in Medical Education
  9. Part 2: Teaching and Learning
  10. 8Lectures and Large Groups
  11. 9Learning in Small Groups
  12. 10Technology-enhanced Learning
  13. 11Simulation in Medical Education
  14. 12Work-based Learning
  15. 13Supervision, Mentoring, and Coaching
  16. 14Interprofessional Education
  17. 15Patient Involvement in Medical Education
  18. 16Learning Medicine With, From, and Through the Humanities
  19. 17The Development of Professional Identity
  20. 18Portfolios in Personal and Professional Development
  21. 19Continuing Professional Development
  22. Part 3: Assessment and Selection
  23. 20How to Design a Useful Test: The Principles of Assessment
  24. 21Written Assessment
  25. 22Workplace Assessment
  26. 23Structured Assessments of Clinical Competence
  27. 24Standard Setting Methods in Medical Education: High-stakes Assessment
  28. 25Formative Assessment: Assessment for Learning
  29. 26Selection into Medical Education and Training
  30. Part 4: Research and Evaluation
  31. 27Philosophical Research Perspectives and Planning your Research
  32. 28Quantitative Research Methods in Medical Education
  33. 29Qualitative Research in Medical Education: Methodologies and Methods
  34. 30Programme Evaluation
  35. 31Knowledge Synthesis
  36. Part 5: Faculty and Learners
  37. 32Career Progression and Support
  38. 33Supporting Learner Well-being
  39. 34Managing Remediation
  40. 35Diversity in Medical Education
  41. 36Developing Medical Educators: A Journey, not a Destination
  42. 37Educational Leadership and Management

HPE B 06

A Practical Guide for Medical and Health Professions Teachers

John Dent, Ronald M. Harden & Yvonne Steinert (Eds.)

Publisher
Elsevier (Churchill Livingstone)
Edition
7th edition (formerly A Practical Guide for Medical Teachers)
Year
2026
ISBN
9780443283383

Why it is hereThe Dundee and AMEE practical companion, now renamed for all the health professions. Sixty-eight short chapters cover curriculum, learning situations, educational strategies, curriculum themes, assessment, staff, students, patients and education management. This edition adds artificial intelligence, precision learning, planetary health, social accountability and the cost of education.

About 130 contributors from 27 countries; the 7th edition appeared in mid-2026.

Contents 68 entries
  1. Section 1: Curriculum Development: The 'Why' of Learning
  2. 1The Future of Health Professions Education
  3. 2What Is the Curriculum?
  4. 3Theories of Teaching and Learning
  5. 4The Continuum of Education for the Health Professions
  6. 5The Undergraduate Curriculum
  7. 6Postgraduate Education in the Health Professions: Pathways to Practice
  8. 7Continuing Professional Development
  9. 8The International and Global Dimensions of Education in the Health Professions
  10. Section 2: Learning Situations: The 'How' of Learning
  11. 9Learning in Large Groups
  12. 10Learning in Small Groups
  13. 11Learning in the Workplace
  14. 12Independent Learning and Distance Education
  15. 13Learning in Hospitals
  16. 14Learning Medicine in Rural and Urban Communities
  17. 15Learning in a Simulated Environment
  18. Section 3: Educational Strategies and Technologies
  19. 16Outcome-Based Education
  20. 17Integrated Learning
  21. 18Interprofessional Education and Learning
  22. 19Problem-Based Learning: A Flexible Approach
  23. 20Team-Based Learning
  24. 21Technology and Professional Education
  25. 22Artificial Intelligence and the Clinical Teacher
  26. 23Precision Learning
  27. Section 4: Curriculum Themes: The 'What' of Teaching and Learning
  28. 24Relevance of Foundational Sciences to the Curriculum
  29. 25Social and Behavioural Sciences in Medical School Curricula
  30. 26Clinical Communications Skills and Empathy
  31. 27Bioethics
  32. 28Professionalism and Supporting Professional Identity
  33. 29Utilizing Education Research to Deliver Evidence-Based Teaching
  34. 30Patient Safety and Quality of Care
  35. 31Health Humanities in Health Professions Education
  36. 32Integrative Medicine in the Training of Health Professionals
  37. 33Clinical Reasoning
  38. 34Well-being, Mindfulness and Yarigai
  39. 35Planetary Health
  40. 36Cultural Competence and Humility
  41. 37Future-Proofing the Student
  42. 38Public Health in Health Professions Education
  43. Section 5: Assessment: The 'Measure' of Learning
  44. 39Concepts in Assessment Including Standard Setting
  45. 40Written Assessments
  46. 41Performance and Workplace Assessment
  47. 42Portfolios, Projects and Theses
  48. 43Assessment as Learning
  49. 44The Assessment of Attitudes and Professionalism
  50. 45Programmatic Assessment
  51. Section 6: Staff: The 'Who' of Teaching and Learning
  52. 46The Roles of the Teacher in Health Professions Education
  53. 47Teacher Evaluation
  54. 48The Teacher as a Scholar
  55. 49Faculty Development
  56. 50Mentoring in Health Professions Education
  57. 51Faculty Well-being, Burnout and Stress
  58. Section 7: Students
  59. 52Selection of Students and Trainees
  60. 53The Student as Teacher
  61. 54Working with Students with Learning Difficulties
  62. 55Student Engagement in the Educational Process
  63. 56Career Choice
  64. Section 8: Patients
  65. 57The Patient as Educator
  66. 58The Patient as Assessor
  67. 59The Patient as Curriculum Developer
  68. Section 9: Education Management
  69. 60Curriculum Evaluation
  70. 61Medical Education Leadership
  71. 62The Health Professions Teacher and Social Accountability
  72. 63The Educational Learning Environment
  73. 64Health Professions Education Research
  74. 65Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Medical Education
  75. 66The Cost and Sustainability of Health Professions Education
  76. 67Health Professions Education in Disrupted and Conflict Settings
  77. 68Evidence-Informed Health Professions Education

HPE B 07

Medical Education

Theory and Practice

Tim Dornan, Karen Mann, Albert Scherpbier & John Spencer (Eds.)

Publisher
Churchill Livingstone / Elsevier
Edition
1st edition
Year
2011
ISBN
9780702035227

Why it is hereThe Maastricht and Manchester theory-led textbook, written for master's and doctoral students who want to go beyond operational know-how. It starts from philosophy, learning theory and the social context of medicine, then examines teaching settings, assessment, quality, selection and careers through that lens.

Named alongside Understanding Medical Education as one of the two best 'big books' in the field in the Saskatchewan reading list.

Contents 21 entries
  1. Medical Education: An Introduction to the Domain
  2. Section 1: Theoretical and Social Foundations
  3. Morality and Philosophy of Medicine and Education
  4. Perspectives on Learning
  5. Medical Education in its Societal Context
  6. Medical Education in an Interprofessional Context
  7. Contexts, Processes and Outcomes
  8. Patient Involvement in Health Professional Education
  9. Curriculum Development in Learning Medicine
  10. Creating a Learning Environment
  11. Identifying Learners' Needs and Self-Assessment
  12. Teaching and Learning in Small Groups
  13. Teaching and Learning in Large Groups: The 'Lecture' in the 21st Century
  14. Learning and Teaching Clinical Procedures
  15. Learning and Teaching in Workplaces
  16. Learning from Practice: Routines, Mentoring, Feedback and Portfolios
  17. Assessing Learners
  18. Quality Assurance of Teaching and Learning: Enhancing the Quality Culture
  19. Developing Learning Resources
  20. Selecting for Medicine
  21. Predicting and Guiding Career Success in Medicine
  22. Developing Teachers and Developing Learners
  23. Glossary

HPE B 08

Oxford Textbook of Medical Education

Kieran Walsh (Ed.)

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st edition (paperback 2016)
Year
2013
ISBN
9780199652679

Why it is hereThe most comprehensive single-volume reference, with sixty-one evidence-based chapters across twelve parts. It is strongest on theory and history and is the book to consult when a topic needs depth rather than a quick primer, for example selection, relicensure, cost and value, or medical education in developing and emerging economies.

Edited by the then clinical director of BMJ Learning; a scholarly reference held by most medical school libraries.

Contents 61 entries
  1. Part 1: Introduction
  2. 1Introduction
  3. Part 2: Curriculum
  4. 2Curriculum design in context
  5. 3Problem-based learning
  6. 4Interprofessional education: learning together in health and social care
  7. 5Student choice in the undergraduate curriculum: student-selected components
  8. 6Integrated learning
  9. 7Instructional design for medical education
  10. 8Using concept maps in medical education
  11. 9Creating the learning environment
  12. Part 3: Identity
  13. 10Identities, self and medical education
  14. 11Personality and medical education
  15. 12Medical education and its context in society
  16. Part 4: Delivery
  17. 13Small group learning
  18. 14Large group teaching
  19. 15E-learning
  20. 16Simulation-based medical education
  21. 17Simulated patients in medical education
  22. 18Work-based learning
  23. 19Learning in ambulatory care
  24. 20The humanities in medical education
  25. 21Study skills
  26. Part 5: Supervision
  27. 22Educational supervision
  28. 23Mentoring
  29. 24Professionalism
  30. 25The resident as teacher
  31. 26Students learning to teach
  32. 27Patient involvement in medical education
  33. Part 6: Stages
  34. 28Undergraduate medical education
  35. 29Postgraduate medical education
  36. 30Continuing professional development
  37. 31Remediation
  38. 32Transitions in medical education
  39. Part 7: Selection
  40. 33Selection into medical education, training and practice
  41. 34Study dropout in medical education
  42. Part 8: Assessment
  43. 35Principles of assessment
  44. 36Setting standards
  45. 37Choosing instruments for assessment
  46. 38Test-enhanced learning
  47. 39Assessing learners' needs
  48. 40Self-regulated learning in medical education
  49. 41Formative assessment
  50. 42Technology enhanced assessment in medical education
  51. 43Assessing professionalism
  52. 44Assessment in the context of relicensure
  53. 45Objective structured clinical examinations
  54. 46Workplace-based assessment
  55. 47Written assessment
  56. 48Successful feedback: embedded in the culture
  57. Part 9: Quality
  58. 49Evaluation
  59. 50Continuous quality improvement
  60. 51Cost and value in medical education
  61. Part 10: Research and scholarship
  62. 52Theoretical perspectives in medical education research
  63. 53Quantitative research methods in medical education
  64. 54Qualitative research in medical education
  65. 55Publishing in medical education
  66. 56Scholarship in medical education
  67. Part 11: Global medical education
  68. 57Medical education in developing countries
  69. 58Medical education in the emerging market economies
  70. Part 12: The future
  71. 59The future of health professional education
  72. 60Faculty development for teaching improvement: from individual to organizational change
  73. 61Educational leadership

HPE B 09

Essential Skills for a Medical Teacher

An Introduction to Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Ronald M. Harden & Jennifer M. Laidlaw

Publisher
Elsevier
Edition
3rd edition
Year
2020 (copyright 2021)
ISBN
9780702078545

Why it is hereThe shortest route into the field for a new clinical teacher. Harden, founder of outcome-based education and of the OSCE, and Laidlaw set out what a good teacher does in brief chapters built around the FAIR principles of feedback, activity, individualisation and relevance, then walk through outcomes, curriculum planning, teaching methods and assessment.

A standard text for postgraduate certificate courses in medical education.

Contents 7 entries partial

Publisher listings for this edition give only part of the contents; the entries shown are the ones that could be confirmed.

  1. Section 1: Challenges you face as a teacher
  2. 1What is expected of you as a teacher at a time of change
  3. The future of medical education
  4. Section 2: Specifying what students should learn (Outcome-based education)
  5. 3What is outcome or competency-based education
  6. Selected later chapters
  7. 17Information overload, the core curriculum and electives
  8. 18The importance of the education environment
  9. 19Mapping the curriculum
  10. Section 4: Helping the student to learn (The teacher's toolkit)
  11. Later sections cover teaching methods, assessment of the learner and the teacher's professional development
C

Learning Science and Educational Theory

Theory the field borrows from cognitive psychology, adult education and the sociology of practice, read in nearly every HPE theory module.

HPE C 10

Make It Stick

The Science of Successful Learning

Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III & Mark A. McDaniel

Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Edition
1st edition
Year
2014
ISBN
9780674729018

Why it is hereThe most readable synthesis of cognitive learning research: retrieval practice, spacing, interleaving, desirable difficulties and calibration. Written by two Washington University memory scientists with a writer, it gives health professions teachers the evidence behind test-enhanced learning and spaced repetition in plain language.

Listed among general books on teaching and learning in faculty development reading lists for clinician educators.

Contents 11 entries
  1. Preface
  2. 1Learning Is Misunderstood
  3. 2To Learn, Retrieve
  4. 3Mix Up Your Practice
  5. 4Embrace Difficulties
  6. 5Avoid Illusions of Knowing
  7. 6Get Beyond Learning Styles
  8. 7Increase Your Abilities
  9. 8Make It Stick
  10. Notes
  11. Suggested Reading

HPE C 11

How Learning Works

Eight Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching

Marsha C. Lovett, Michael W. Bridges, Michele DiPietro, Susan A. Ambrose & Marie K. Norman

Publisher
Jossey-Bass (Wiley)
Edition
2nd edition
Year
2023
ISBN
9781119861690

Why it is hereThe Carnegie Mellon teaching centre's distillation of learning research into principles a teacher can act on: prior knowledge, knowledge organisation, motivation, mastery, practice and feedback, course climate and self-direction. The second edition adds a principle on students' identities and development and applies an equity lens throughout.

One of the most widely assigned university teaching texts; one author now directs a medical education design lab at the University of Pittsburgh.

Contents 12 entries
  1. Foreword to the First Edition: Applying the Science of Learning to College Teaching (Richard E. Mayer)
  2. Preface to the Second Edition
  3. Introduction: Bridging Learning Research and Teaching Practice
  4. 1Why Do Students' Identities and Stages of Development Matter for Learning?
  5. 2How Does Students' Prior Knowledge Affect Their Learning?
  6. 3How Does the Way Students Organize Knowledge Affect Their Learning?
  7. 4What Factors Motivate Students to Learn?
  8. 5How Do Students Develop Mastery?
  9. 6What Kinds of Practice and Feedback Enhance Learning?
  10. 7Why Does Course Climate Matter for Student Learning?
  11. 8How Do Students Become Self-Directed Learners?
  12. Conclusion: Applying the Eight Principles to Ourselves

HPE C 12

The Adult Learner

The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development

Malcolm Knowles, Elwood F. Holton III, Petra A. Robinson & Corina Caraccioli

Publisher
Routledge
Edition
10th edition
Year
2025
ISBN
9781032481562

Why it is hereThe source text for andragogy, the theory most often cited when health professions curricula claim to be learner-centred. It explains the assumptions about adult learners, the andragogy-in-practice model and its critiques, and adds expanded chapters on diversity, inclusion and belonging and on online adult learning.

Knowles is among the authors recommended by educators in the Royal College ICE blog #mededbooks list.

Contents 22 entries
  1. Part 1: Adult Learning
  2. 1Introduction to Adult Learning
  3. 2Exploring the World of Learning Theory
  4. 3Andragogy: A Theory of Adult Learning
  5. 4The Andragogical Process Model for Learning
  6. 5Andragogy in Practice
  7. Part 2: The Backdrop of Learning and Teaching Theories
  8. 6Theories of Learning
  9. 7Theories of Teaching
  10. 8Adult Learning Within Human Resource Development
  11. Part 3: Advancements in Adult Learning
  12. 9New Perspectives on Andragogy
  13. 10Beyond Andragogy
  14. 11Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Adult Education
  15. 12Neuroscience and Andragogy
  16. 13Andragogy and Adult Online Learning
  17. 14Effective Computer-Based Instruction for Adults
  18. Part 4: International and Future Perspectives on Andragogy
  19. 15European Perspectives on Adult Learning
  20. 16Andragogy: International History, Meaning, Context, and Function
  21. 17The Future of Andragogy
  22. Part 5: Tools and Resources for Implementing Andragogy
  23. 18Andragogical Learner Analysis Using the Andragogy in Practice Framework
  24. 19Andragogy in Practice Inventory
  25. 20Guidelines for Using Learning Contracts
  26. 21Core Competency Diagnostic and Planning Guide
  27. 22Personal Adult Learning Style Inventory

HPE C 13

The Reflective Practitioner

How Professionals Think in Action

Donald A. Schön

Publisher
Basic Books (1983); Ashgate / Routledge reprint
Edition
1st edition
Year
1983
ISBN
9781857423198

Why it is hereThe origin of reflection-in-action and reflection-on-action, the ideas behind reflective portfolios, debriefing and reflective writing in every health profession. Schön contrasts 'technical rationality' with the way skilled professionals handle messy, uncertain practice, using cases from design, psychotherapy, science-based professions, planning and management.

Described in the Saskatchewan reading list as a book everyone involved in medical school curricula should read.

Contents 11 entries
  1. Preface
  2. Part I: Professional Knowledge and Reflection-in-Action
  3. 1The Crisis of Confidence in Professional Knowledge
  4. 2From Technical Rationality to Reflection-in-Action
  5. Part II: Professional Contexts for Reflection-in-Action
  6. 3Design as a Reflective Conversation with the Situation
  7. 4Psychotherapy: The Patient as a Universe of One
  8. 5The Structure of Reflection-in-Action
  9. 6Reflective Practice in the Science-Based Professions
  10. 7Town Planning: Limits to Reflection-in-Action
  11. 8The Art of Managing: Reflection-in-Action within an Organizational Learning System
  12. 9Patterns and Limits of Reflection-in-Action across the Professions
  13. 10Conclusion: Implications for the Professions and their Place in Society

HPE C 14

Situated Learning

Legitimate Peripheral Participation

Jean Lave & Etienne Wenger

Publisher
Cambridge University Press (Learning in Doing series)
Edition
1st edition
Year
1991
ISBN
9780521423748

Why it is hereA short, dense book that introduced communities of practice and legitimate peripheral participation. It is the theoretical root of workplace learning, apprenticeship and professional identity formation research in medicine and nursing, which describe trainees moving from the periphery to full participation.

Recommended in the ICE blog #mededbooks list; communities of practice underpin the professional identity formation literature.

Contents 6 entries
  1. Acknowledgements
  2. 1Legitimate Peripheral Participation
  3. 2Practice, Person, Social World
  4. 3Midwives, Tailors, Quartermasters, Butchers, Non-drinking Alcoholics
  5. 4Legitimate Peripheral Participation in Communities of Practice
  6. 5Conclusion
D

Curriculum Design and Competency-Based Education

How to plan, align and critique a curriculum, from the six-step model to constructive alignment and mastery learning.

HPE D 15

Curriculum Development for Medical Education

A Six-Step Approach

Patricia A. Thomas, David E. Kern, Mark T. Hughes, Sean A. Tackett & Belinda Y. Chen (Eds.)

Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
4th edition
Year
2022
ISBN
9781421444109

Why it is hereThe 'Kern model' from Johns Hopkins: problem identification, targeted needs assessment, goals and objectives, educational strategies, implementation, and evaluation and feedback. It is the format many journals expect for curriculum reports. The fourth edition adds a chapter on curricula that address community needs and health equity.

Described by the publisher as an international standard, and in the Saskatchewan list as the best book on curriculum in medical education.

Contents 14 entries
  1. Introduction
  2. 1Overview: A Six-Step Approach to Curriculum Development
  3. 2Step 1: Problem Identification and General Needs Assessment
  4. 3Step 2: Targeted Needs Assessment
  5. 4Step 3: Goals and Objectives
  6. 5Step 4: Educational Strategies
  7. 6Step 5: Implementation
  8. 7Step 6: Evaluation and Feedback
  9. 8Curriculum Maintenance and Enhancement
  10. 9Dissemination
  11. 10Curriculum Development for Larger Programs
  12. 11Curricula That Address Community Needs and Health Equity
  13. Appendix A: Example Curricula
  14. Appendix B: Curricular, Faculty Development, and Funding Resources

HPE D 16

The Question of Competence

Reconsidering Medical Education in the Twenty-First Century

Brian D. Hodges & Lorelei Lingard (Eds.); foreword by M. Brownell Anderson

Publisher
ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press
Edition
1st edition (paperback 2014)
Year
2012
ISBN
9780801479502

Why it is hereThe critical counterweight to competency-based medical education. Seven chapters by Wilson Centre and Maastricht scholars examine competence as discourse, as a team property, as emotion, as expertise, as a measurement problem, as self-assessment and as mindful practice. Read it alongside Kern and the assessment books.

Recommended by three different educators in the ICE #mededbooks list; called essential reading on CBME in the Saskatchewan list.

Contents 9 entries
  1. Foreword
  2. Introduction
  3. 1The Shifting Discourses of Competence
  4. 2Rethinking Competence in the Context of Teamwork
  5. 3Perturbations: The Central Role of Emotional Competence in Medical Training
  6. 4Competence as Expertise: Exploring Constructions of Knowledge in Expert Practice
  7. 5Assessing Competence: Extending the Approaches to Reliability
  8. 6Blinded by 'Insight': Self-Assessment and Its Role in Performance Improvement
  9. 7The Competent Mind: Beyond Cognition

HPE D 17

Mastery Learning in Health Professions Education

Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation series

William C. McGaghie, Jeffrey H. Barsuk & Diane B. Wayne (Eds.)

Publisher
Springer Nature
Edition
1st edition
Year
2020
ISBN
9783030348106

Why it is hereThe Northwestern group's full account of simulation-based mastery learning, in which every learner reaches a fixed minimum passing standard and only the time varies. It covers curriculum design, standard setting, debriefing and faculty development, then documents translational outcomes such as fewer central line infections.

The core reading of Northwestern's Simulation Mastery Learning course.

Contents 21 entries
  1. Part I: Clinical Education in the Health Professions
  2. 1Clinical Education: Origins and Outcomes
  3. Part II: The Mastery Learning Model
  4. 2Mastery Learning: Origins, Features, and Evidence from the Health Professions
  5. 3Developing a Mastery Learning Curriculum
  6. 4Instructional Design and Delivery for Mastery Learning
  7. 5Assessment in Mastery Learning
  8. 6Standard Setting for Mastery Learning
  9. 7Implementing and Managing a Mastery Learning Program
  10. 8Feedback and Debriefing in Mastery Learning
  11. 9Faculty Development for Mastery Learning
  12. Part III: Mastery Learning in Action
  13. 10Mastery Learning of Clinical Communication Skills
  14. 11Mastery Learning of Team Skills
  15. 12Mastery Learning of Surgical Skills
  16. 13Mastery Learning of Bedside Procedural Skills
  17. 14Mastery Learning for Clinical Emergencies
  18. 15Readiness for Residency
  19. Part IV: Transfer of Training from Mastery Learning
  20. 16Translational Science and Healthcare Quality and Safety Improvement from Mastery Learning
  21. Part V: The Road Ahead
  22. 17Mastery Learning, Milestones, and Entrustable Professional Activities
  23. 18Mastery Learning, Continuing Professional Education (CPE), and Maintenance of Certification (MOC)
  24. 19Return on Investment from Simulation-Based Mastery Learning
  25. 20Educational Policy Consequences from Mastery Learning
  26. 21Mastery Learning: Opportunities and Challenges

HPE D 18

Teaching for Quality Learning at University

John Biggs, Catherine Tang & Gregor Kennedy

Publisher
Open University Press / McGraw Hill
Edition
5th edition
Year
2022
ISBN
9780335250820

Why it is hereThe book that introduced constructive alignment: write intended learning outcomes first, then align teaching activities and assessment tasks to them. It is the higher-education framework behind outcome-based curricula and course specifications in health faculties, and a direct fit for AKTS and Bologna-style programme design.

Constructive alignment was first published in the 1999 edition of this book and is now used in universities worldwide.

Contents 14 entries
  1. Part I: Effective Teaching and Learning for Today's Universities
  2. 1The Changing Scene in University Teaching
  3. 2Teaching According to How Students Learn
  4. 3Setting the Stage for Effective Teaching
  5. 4Contexts for Effective Teaching and Learning
  6. 5Knowledge and Understanding
  7. 6Constructively Aligned Teaching and Assessment
  8. Part II: Designing Constructively Aligned Outcomes-Based Teaching and Learning
  9. 7Designing Intended Learning Outcomes
  10. 8Teaching/Learning Activities for Declarative Intended Learning Outcomes
  11. 9Teaching/Learning Activities for Functioning Intended Learning Outcomes
  12. 10Aligning Assessment Tasks with Intended Learning Outcomes: Principles
  13. 11Assessing and Grading for Declarative Intended Learning Outcomes
  14. 12Assessing and Grading for Functioning Intended Learning Outcomes
  15. Part III: Constructive Alignment in Action
  16. 13Implementing, Supporting and Enhancing Constructive Alignment
  17. 14Constructive Alignment as Implemented: Some Examples
E

Clinical and Workplace Teaching

Practical guides for teaching at the bedside, in the clinic and in the office, where most health professions learning actually happens.

HPE E 19

ABC of Learning and Teaching in Medicine

ABC Series

Peter Cantillon, Diana F. Wood & Sarah Yardley (Eds.)

Publisher
BMJ Books / Wiley-Blackwell
Edition
3rd edition
Year
2017
ISBN
9781118892176

Why it is hereTwenty-two illustrated chapters of a few pages each, written for the busy clinician who teaches. It covers the full cycle from course design and feedback to workplace assessment, students in difficulty and evaluation, and is often the first book given to new clinical supervisors.

Part of the BMJ ABC series; added chapters on social media, quality assurance of assessment, mindfulness and supervision.

Contents 22 entries
  1. 1Becoming a Better Teacher
  2. 2Educational Theory: An Overview
  3. 3Inquiry-based Learning
  4. 4Course Design
  5. 5Creating Educational Materials
  6. 6Creating a Safe and Effective Learning Environment
  7. 7Feedback in Medical Education: Skills for Improving Learner Performance
  8. 8Small-Group Learning
  9. 9Lectures, Lecturing and Learning
  10. 10Simulation in Healthcare Education
  11. 11Workplace Learning: Promoting Strengths, Addressing Weaknesses
  12. 12Learner Supervision
  13. 13Formative Assessment
  14. 14Written Assessment
  15. 15Skill-based Assessment
  16. 16Work-based Assessment
  17. 17Quality Assurance of Assessments
  18. 18Students in Difficulty
  19. 19Teaching and Learning Professionalism
  20. 20Social Media and Learning
  21. 21The Mindful Clinician-Teacher
  22. 22Evaluation

HPE E 20

Learning and Teaching in Clinical Contexts

A Practical Guide

Clare Delany & Elizabeth Molloy (Eds.)

Publisher
Elsevier Australia
Edition
1st edition
Year
2018
ISBN
9780729542722

Why it is hereAn interprofessional guide from the University of Melbourne that links theory, method and context in the clinical workplace. It is strong on transitions, resilience, the hidden curriculum, coaching, entrustable professional activities and feedback, with case scenarios from medicine, nursing and allied health.

More than 40 international researchers and practitioners contributed.

Contents 26 entries
  1. Section 1: Preparing learners for workplace learning
  2. 1Becoming a clinical educator
  3. 2Understanding transitions in health professional learning
  4. 3Cultivating critical thinkers
  5. 4Cultivating resilient learners
  6. 5Ethics education in clinical learning contexts
  7. 6Educating for conflict resolution
  8. Section 2: Education approaches within clinical learning contexts
  9. 7The influence of workplace context on learning and teaching
  10. 8Professionalism, identities and embodiment: supporting the internalisation of professionalism through addressing the hidden curriculum
  11. 9Scaffolding for progressive independence in workplace contexts
  12. 10Coaching clinical learners
  13. 11Translating expert practice for clinical learning
  14. 12Peer learning in clinical placements
  15. 13Educating for professional practice through simulation
  16. 14Interprofessional learning opportunities for pre-registration students in clinical workplaces
  17. 15Pedagogically-rich activities in hospital work: handovers, ward rounds and team meetings
  18. 16Learning in community-based contexts
  19. 17Identifying and working with underperformance
  20. Section 3: Assessment for learning in the workplace
  21. 18Workplace-based assessment
  22. 19Ensuring assessment builds capacity for future clinical practice: sustainable assessment in action
  23. 20Assessment through entrustable professional activities
  24. 21Reworking feedback to build better work
  25. Section 4: Leadership and faculty development in health professions education
  26. 22Faculty development: becoming a 'clinician as educator'
  27. 23Leadership in health professions education: what does it mean?
  28. 24Disruptive innovation in health professions education: how might this model guide change?
  29. 25Translating educational research into educational practice
  30. 26Improving clinical education: attending to the processes of designing and becoming

HPE E 21

Teaching in Your Office

A Guide to Instructing Medical Students and Residents

Patrick C. Alguire, Dawn E. DeWitt, Linda E. Pinsky & Gary S. Ferenchick

Publisher
American College of Physicians (ACP Teaching Medicine Series)
Edition
2nd edition
Year
2008
ISBN
9781934465028

Why it is hereThe practical handbook for community preceptors. It shows how to teach without losing clinic time, with the One-Minute Preceptor (microskills), SNAPPS, the Aunt Minnie model, wave scheduling, RIME and GRADE evaluation, and ready-made forms for orientation, feedback and mini-CEX.

Recommended for family medicine teaching in the Saskatchewan reading list; one volume of the ACP's seven-book Teaching Medicine series.

Contents 12 entries
  1. 1Making an Informed Decision About Precepting
  2. 2The Curriculum
  3. 3Getting Ready to Teach
  4. 4Teaching Skills and Organizational Techniques for Office-Based Teaching
  5. 5Case-Based Learning
  6. 6Ways to Be More Efficient When Teaching
  7. 7Teaching Procedures in the Office
  8. 8Learner Feedback and Evaluation
  9. 9Preceptor Evaluation and Teaching Improvement
  10. Appendix A: Tools for Preceptors
  11. Appendix B: Summaries and Checklists for Preceptors
  12. Appendix C: Resources for Preceptors
F

Assessment, Feedback and Evaluation

Psychometrics, workplace-based assessment, programmatic assessment and the research on feedback that makes assessment useful for learning.

HPE F 22

Assessment in Health Professions Education

Rachel Yudkowsky, Yoon Soo Park & Steven M. Downing (Eds.)

Publisher
Routledge
Edition
2nd edition
Year
2019 (copyright 2020)
ISBN
9781138054394

Why it is hereThe University of Illinois at Chicago assessment text, covering validity, reliability, generalisability theory, test statistics and standard setting before moving to written, oral, performance, workplace and narrative assessment. Later chapters treat key features, situational judgement tests, programmatic assessment, mastery settings and item response theory.

Used as the main assessment reference in UNAM's Master in Health Sciences Education, according to its programme coordinator.

Contents 22 entries
  1. Foreword (Georges Bordage)
  2. Preface
  3. Part 1: Fundamentals of Assessment
  4. 1Introduction to Assessment in the Health Professions
  5. 2Validity and Quality
  6. 3Reliability
  7. 4Generalizability Theory
  8. 5Statistics of Testing
  9. 6Standard Setting
  10. Part 2: Assessment Methods
  11. 7Written Tests: Writing High-Quality Constructed-Response and Selected-Response Items
  12. 8Oral Examinations
  13. 9Performance Tests
  14. 10Workplace-Based Assessment
  15. 11Narrative Assessment
  16. 12Assessment Portfolios
  17. Part 3: Special Topics
  18. 13Key Features Approach
  19. 14Simulations in Assessment
  20. 15Situational Judgment Tests
  21. 16Programmatic Assessment: An Avenue to a Different Assessment Culture
  22. 17Assessment Affecting Learning
  23. 18Assessment in Mastery Learning Settings
  24. 19Item Response Theory
  25. 20Engaging With Your Statistician

HPE F 23

Practical Guide to the Assessment of Clinical Competence

Eric S. Holmboe & Steven J. Durning (Eds.)

Publisher
Elsevier
Edition
3rd edition (formerly Practical Guide to the Evaluation of Clinical Competence)
Year
2024
ISBN
9780443112263

Why it is hereThe ACGME milestones view of assessment in the workplace, written by its architect. It covers direct observation, standardised patients, clinical reasoning, procedural skills, multisource feedback, simulation, coaching, portfolios, clinical competency committee group process and support for struggling learners, with downloadable tools.

Selected for the 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Medical Education.

Contents 18 entries
  1. 1Assessment in the Era of Outcomes-Based Education
  2. 2Issues of Validity and Reliability for Assessments in Medical Education
  3. 3Programmatic Assessment Using Systems Thinking
  4. 4Evaluation Frameworks, Assessment Forms, and Rating Scales
  5. 5Direct Observation
  6. 6Standardized Patients
  7. 7Assessing Clinical Reasoning In Vitro (Nonworkplace Assessment)
  8. 8Assessing Clinical Reasoning in the Workplace
  9. 9Workplace-Based Assessment of Procedural Skills
  10. 10Evaluating Evidence-Based Practice
  11. 11Clinical Performance Measures and Practice Review
  12. 12Multisource Feedback
  13. 13Simulation Overview
  14. 14Feedback and Coaching
  15. 15Portfolios
  16. 16Group Process in Assessment
  17. 17A Programmatic Approach to Identifying and Supporting the Struggling Learner
  18. 18Program Evaluation

HPE F 24

Feedback in Higher and Professional Education

Understanding It and Doing It Well

David Boud & Elizabeth Molloy (Eds.)

Publisher
Routledge
Edition
1st edition
Year
2013
ISBN
9780415692298

Why it is hereThe book that moved feedback from 'information given to the learner' to a process the learner drives. It challenges common feedback recipes and covers emotion, culture, trust, written and digital feedback, simulation, multisource and peer feedback, and patient-delivered feedback.

Recommended by Eric Holmboe in the ICE #mededbooks list.

Contents 13 entries
  1. 1The Problem with Feedback
  2. 2Changing Conceptions of Feedback
  3. 3Resituating Feedback from the Reactive to the Proactive
  4. 4The Impact of Emotions in Feedback
  5. 5Socio-cultural Considerations in Feedback
  6. 6Trust and Sustainable Feedback for the Development of Student Learning Dispositions
  7. 7Written Feedback: What Is It Good For and How Can We Do It Well?
  8. 8Feedback in the Digital Environment
  9. 9Feedback on Skills in Simulation
  10. 10Implementing Multisource Feedback
  11. 11The Role of Peers in Feedback Processes
  12. 12Utilising the Voice of Others: The Example of Consumer-Delivered Feedback
  13. 13Decision-making for Feedback
G

Professional Identity, Simulation and Interprofessional Learning

Becoming a professional, learning safely through simulation, and learning with, from and about other professions.

HPE G 25

Teaching Medical Professionalism

Supporting the Development of a Professional Identity

Richard L. Cruess, Sylvia R. Cruess & Yvonne Steinert (Eds.); foreword by William M. Sullivan

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
2nd edition
Year
2016
ISBN
9781107495241

Why it is hereThe McGill group's case for making professional identity formation, not a list of professional behaviours, the goal of medical education. Chapters cover the cognitive base, socialisation, role modelling, reflection, faculty development, assessment, remediation and regulators, followed by programme case studies.

Praised in the Saskatchewan list as a superb treatment of professionalism through identity formation.

Contents 20 entries
  1. Introduction
  2. Part I: What Is to Be Taught and Learned
  3. 1Professionalism and professional identity formation: the cognitive base
  4. 2Developing a professional identity: a learner's perspective
  5. Part II: Theory
  6. 3Theoretical insights into the nature and nurture of professional identities
  7. 4Socialization, professionalism, and professional identity formation
  8. 5Educational theory and strategies to support professionalism and professional identity formation
  9. 6Role modeling and mentoring in the formation of professional identity
  10. 7Experiential learning and reflection to support professionalism and professional identity formation
  11. Part III: Principles
  12. 8General principles for establishing programs to support professionalism and professional identity formation at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels
  13. 9Faculty development to support professionalism and professional identity formation
  14. 10Becoming interprofessional: professional identity formation in the health professions
  15. 11Assessment of professionalism and progress in the development of a professional identity
  16. 12Remediation of unprofessional behavior
  17. 13Professional identity formation, the practicing physician, and continuing professional development
  18. 14Professionalism, professional identity, and licensing and accrediting bodies
  19. Part IV: Case Studies in Promoting Professionalism and Professional Identity Formation across the Continuum
  20. 15The evolution of an undergraduate medical program on professionalism and identity formation
  21. 16Developing and implementing an undergraduate curriculum
  22. 17Supporting professionalism and professional identity formation at the postgraduate level
  23. 18Changing the educational environment to better support professionalism and professional identity formation
  24. Part V: The Future
  25. 19Professional identities of the future: invisible and unconscious or deliberate and reflexive?

HPE G 26

Healthcare Simulation Education

Evidence, Theory and Practice

Debra Nestel, Michelle Kelly, Brian Jolly & Marcus Watson (Eds.)

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Edition
1st edition
Year
2017
ISBN
9781119061595

Why it is hereA concise, cross-disciplinary reference for anyone running simulation. It covers learning theory, realism, simulated participants, research, faculty development and programme sustainability, then the practical elements: ethics, teamwork, scenario design, facilitation, adverse events and debriefing, with international innovation cases.

Edited by the leadership of the Australian Society for Simulation in Healthcare; contributors from all seven continents.

Contents 32 entries
  1. Section I: Introduction
  2. 1An introduction to healthcare simulation
  3. Section II: Theoretical perspectives and frameworks for healthcare simulation
  4. 2Theories informing healthcare simulation practice
  5. 3Historical practices in healthcare simulation: what we still have to learn
  6. 4Exploring realism in healthcare simulations
  7. 5Applying a framework to healthcare simulation: micro, meso and macro levels
  8. Section III: Contemporary issues in healthcare simulation
  9. 6Strategies for research in healthcare simulation
  10. 7Simulated participant methodologies: maintaining humanism in practice
  11. 8Narrative dramaturgy and sense making in healthcare simulation
  12. 9Haptics-driven healthcare training simulator systems
  13. 10Virtual environments and virtual patients in healthcare
  14. 11Consistency in simulation: a measurement perspective
  15. 12Taking simulation beyond education in healthcare
  16. 13The value of professional societies to the healthcare simulation community of practice
  17. 14Faculty development in healthcare simulation
  18. 15Programme development and sustainability in healthcare simulation
  19. Section IV: Elements of simulation practice
  20. 16Ethics of healthcare simulation
  21. 17Teamwork and healthcare simulation
  22. 18Designing simulation-based learning activities: a systematic approach
  23. 19Facilitating healthcare simulations
  24. 20Strategies for managing adverse events in healthcare simulations
  25. 21Debriefing: the state of the art and science in healthcare simulation
  26. Section V: Innovations in healthcare simulation practice
  27. 22Simulation of home births: developing safe practices
  28. 23Optimizing learning in simulation-based education using video-reflexivity
  29. 24Conversations about organ and tissue donation: the role of simulation
  30. 25Commencing a simulation-based curriculum in a medical school in China
  31. 26Transport of the critically ill patient: developing safe practices
  32. 27From routine to leadership: extending the role of simulation technicians in Southeast Asia
  33. 28Incorporating simulation in a medical city: a case study from King Fahad Medical City
  34. 29'Who' and 'how' in simulation centre development: buddies and ground rules
  35. 30Operationalizing a new emergency department: the role of simulation
  36. 31Simulation modelling and analysis to test health systems
  37. Section VI: Conclusions and future practice
  38. 32Twenty years on: forecasting healthcare simulation practices

HPE G 27

Effective Interprofessional Education

Development, Delivery and Evaluation

Della Freeth, Marilyn Hammick, Scott Reeves, Ivan Koppel & Hugh Barr

Publisher
Blackwell Publishing (Promoting Partnership for Health series, CAIPE)
Edition
1st edition
Year
2005
ISBN
9781405116534

Why it is hereThe practical manual from the CAIPE founders and evaluators of interprofessional education. It explains the spectrum from uniprofessional to interprofessional learning, then guides the reader through groundwork, curriculum, assessment, staff development and the planning, conduct and use of evaluations.

Written by the team behind the main systematic reviews of interprofessional education.

Contents 15 entries
  1. Introduction
  2. Part I: Interwoven Threads
  3. 1The Spectrum Illuminated
  4. 2Effectiveness
  5. Part II: Developing Effective Interprofessional Education
  6. 3Towards Equilibrium
  7. 4The Groundwork
  8. 5The Curriculum
  9. 6Learning and Assessment
  10. 7Staff Development
  11. 8Testing your Development
  12. Part III: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Interprofessional Education
  13. 9Planning Sound Evaluations
  14. 10Developing Sound Evaluations
  15. 11Resources for Evaluations
  16. 12Conducting Evaluations
  17. 13Using and Sharing Learning from Evaluations
  18. Endnote: Drawing the Threads Together
H

Faculty Development, Scholarship and Nursing Education

Developing teachers, researching education and the standard faculty guide in nursing.

HPE H 28

Faculty Development in the Health Professions

A Focus on Research and Practice

Yvonne Steinert (Ed.)

Publisher
Springer Nature Singapore (Innovation and Change in Professional Education, vol. 11)
Edition
2nd edition
Year
2025
ISBN
9789819793716

Why it is hereThe reference book for anyone building a faculty development programme. It covers development for teaching, leadership, research and careers, the formats from workshops to fellowships and online learning, and newer topics such as teacher identity, simulation, social justice and cross-cultural work, with a research agenda.

Edited by the inaugural chair of the AMEE International Committee on Faculty Development; the first edition was the only book of its kind in the Saskatchewan list.

Contents 22 entries
  1. Part I: Introduction
  2. 1Faculty development: Core concepts and principles
  3. Part II: The Scope of Faculty Development
  4. 2Faculty development for teaching improvement
  5. 3Faculty development for leadership and management
  6. 4Faculty development for research capacity building
  7. 5Faculty development for academic and career development
  8. 6Faculty development for organizational change
  9. Part III: Approaches to Faculty Development
  10. 7Learning from experience: From workplace learning to communities of practice
  11. 8Peer coaching and mentorship
  12. 9Faculty development workshops, seminars and short courses
  13. 10Fellowships, certification, and degree programs in faculty development
  14. 11Faculty development online
  15. Part IV: Faculty Development and Practice
  16. 12Teacher identity: A critical component of faculty development
  17. 13Faculty development and reflective practice
  18. 14Faculty development for curriculum change: Towards competency-based approaches to teaching and assessment
  19. 15Faculty development for interprofessional education and practice
  20. 16Faculty development for simulation-based education
  21. 17Towards social justice: Implications for faculty development
  22. 18Cross-cultural faculty development
  23. 19Starting a faculty development program
  24. Part V: Research and Scholarship in Faculty Development
  25. 20Faculty development research: The 'state of the art'
  26. 21Promoting scholarship in faculty development: Relevant research paradigms and methodologies
  27. Part VI: Conclusion
  28. 22Faculty development: Future directions

HPE H 29

Researching Medical Education

Jennifer Cleland & Steven J. Durning (Eds.)

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell, for ASME and AMEE
Edition
2nd edition
Year
2022 (copyright 2023)
ISBN
9781119839415

Why it is hereThe standard research methods and theory book for HPE research, and the companion to Understanding Medical Education. Thirty chapters cover researcher development, qualitative, quantitative and critical methodologies, and the theories most used in the field, from activity theory and sociomateriality to cognitive load and self-regulated learning.

Presented by both ASME and AMEE; ten chapters are new to this edition.

Contents 30 entries
  1. Part I: Developing your practice as a health professions education researcher
  2. 1Exploring versus measuring: considering the fundamental differences between qualitative and quantitative research
  3. 2Theory in healthcare education research: the importance of worldview
  4. 3Constructivism: learning theories and approaches to research
  5. 4Widening access to medicine: using mid-range theory to extend knowledge and understanding
  6. 5Developing the research question: setting the course for your research travels
  7. 6Researching technology use in health professions education: questions, theories, approaches
  8. 7Power analyses: planning, conducting and evaluating education research
  9. 8Navigating health professions education research: exploring your researcher identity, topic and community
  10. 9How to tell compelling scientific stories: tips for artful use of the research manuscript and presentation genres
  11. Part II: Methodologies and methods for health professions education research
  12. 10What is known already: reviewing evidence in health professions education
  13. 11Qualitative research methodologies: embracing methodological borrowing, shifting and importing
  14. 12Attuning to the social world: ethnography in health professions education research
  15. 13Visual methods in health professions research: purpose, challenges and opportunities
  16. 14Critical discourse analysis: questioning what we believe to be 'true'
  17. 15Functional and corpus linguistics in health professions education research: the study of language in use
  18. 16Challenging epistemological hegemonies: researching inequity and discrimination in health professions education
  19. 17Educational neuroscience: current status and future opportunities
  20. Part III: Theory informing health professions education research
  21. 18Sticking with messy realities: complexity
  22. 19Activity theory
  23. 20Disentangling humans, technologies and things: sociomaterial research in health professions education
  24. 21Social cognitive theory: thinking and learning in social settings
  25. 22Learning and participatory practices at work: understanding and appraising learning through workplace experiences
  26. 23Health behaviour theories: a conceptual lens to explore behaviour change
  27. 24Self-regulated learning in HPE: theoretical perspectives and research methods
  28. 25Emotions and learning: cognitive theoretical and methodological approaches to studying the influence of emotions on learning
  29. 26Research on instructional design in the health professions: from taxonomies of learning to whole-task models
  30. 27Cognitive load theory: researching and planning teaching to maximise learning
  31. 28Deliberate practice and mastery learning: origins of expert medical performance
  32. 29Closing comments: building and sustaining capacity
  33. 30Conclusion

HPE H 30

Teaching in Nursing

A Guide for Faculty

Diane M. Billings & Judith A. Halstead

Publisher
Elsevier
Edition
7th edition (25th-anniversary edition)
Year
2023 (copyright 2024)
ISBN
9780323846684

Why it is hereThe standard guide for nurse educators and the main preparation text for the Certified Nurse Educator examination. It covers the faculty role, curriculum models, interprofessional and global learning, teaching strategies, clinical teaching, simulation and online learning, test construction, clinical evaluation, programme evaluation and accreditation.

AJN Book of the Year 2024 (1st place, Nursing Education) and Doody's Core Titles 2026.

Contents 27 entries
  1. Unit I: Faculty and Students
  2. 1Teaching in Nursing: The Faculty Role
  3. 2Strategies to Support Diverse Learning Needs of Students
  4. 3The Academic Performance of Students: Legal and Ethical Issues
  5. 4Teaching Students With Disabilities
  6. Unit II: Curriculum as a Process
  7. 5Forces and Issues Influencing Curriculum Development
  8. 6An Introduction to Curriculum Development
  9. 7Philosophical Foundations of the Curriculum
  10. 8Curriculum Models for Undergraduate Programs
  11. 9Curriculum Models for Graduate Programs
  12. 10Designing Courses and Learning Experiences
  13. 11Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice
  14. 12Fostering Social Responsibility Through Service-Learning
  15. 13Global Health and Curricular Experiences
  16. Unit III: Teaching and Learning
  17. 14Theoretical Approaches to Teaching and Learning in Nursing
  18. 15Managing Student Incivility and Misconduct in the Learning Environment
  19. 16Evidence-Based Teaching Strategies to Promote Learning
  20. 17Multicultural Education in Nursing
  21. 18Teaching in the Clinical Learning Environment
  22. Unit IV: Technology-Empowered Learning
  23. 19Teaching and Learning Using Simulations
  24. 20Using Technology to Facilitate Learning in the Classroom
  25. 21Teaching and Learning at a Distance
  26. Unit V: Evaluation
  27. 22Introduction to the Evaluation Process
  28. 23Strategies for Evaluating Learning Outcomes
  29. 24Using Classroom Tests to Evaluate Student Attainment of Learning Outcomes
  30. 25Clinical Performance Evaluation
  31. 26Systematic Program Evaluation
  32. 27The Accreditation Process

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