1st Edition

Fundamentals and Frontiers of Medical Education and Decision-Making Educational Theory and Psychological Practice

Edited By Jordan Richard Schoenherr, Meghan McConnell Copyright 2024
320 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

320 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

320 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Fundamentals and Frontiers of Medical Education and Decision-Making brings together international experts to consider the theoretical, practical, and sociocultural foundations of health professions education.  In this volume, the authors review the foundational theories that have informed the early transition to competency-based education. Moving beyond these monolithic models, the... Read more

Section 1: Conceptual Issues

 

Preface: Personal Paths and Professional Practice

 

1. Human-Centered Design in Health Professions Education: Informing Competency-Based Education with Psychological Science

Jordan Richard Schoenherr and Meghan M. McConnell

 

2. Considerations for Implementation of a Competency-based Education Program for Preclerkship Courses

Terence P. Ma

 

3. Validity in Health Professions Education: From Assessment Instruments to Program Innovation and Evaluation

Jordan Richard Schoenherr and Stanley J. Hamstra

 

4. Implementation of Learning Analytics in Medical Education: Practical Considerations

Elif Bilgic, Daisy Minghui Chen and Teresa Chan

 

Section 2: Decision-Making

 

5. Emotions and Clinical Decision-Making

Meghan M. McConnell

 

6. Separating the Noise from the Signal: The Role of Familiarity and Pattern Recognition in the Development of Clinical Expertise

Sandra Monteiro, Alice Cavanaugh, Bapujee Biswabandan and Matthew Sibbald

 

7. Optimizing Psychomotor Skills Acquisition in Healthcare Simulation through Knowledge Mobilization

Sandy Abdo, Leanne Elliott, Julia Micallef, Mithusa Sivanathan and Adam Dubrowski

 

8. Quantifying Expertise in the Healthcare Professions: Cognitive Efficiency and Metacognitive Calibration

Jordan Richard Schoenherr, Jason Waechter and Chel Hee Lee

 

9. Representing and Communicating Health Information: Fundamentals of Persuasive Health Communication

Jordan Richard Schoenherr and Cedric Le-Bouar

 

10. Reflection as a Core Skill in Bioethics Education: Application to the Scientific and Health Care Professions

Fiorella Gago, Camila López Echagüe and Marila Lázaro

Biography

Jordan Richard Schoenherr is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, a member of the Applied AI Institute at Concordia University, an Adjunct Research Professor in the Department of Psychology, and member of the Institute for Data Science at Carleton University, Canada

Meghan M. McConnell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Innovation in Medical Education, and Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Ottawa, Canada.