IAMSE Web Seminar - Times are Changing: Evolution and Revolution in Medical Education

Times are Changing: Evolution and Revolution in Medical Education

We begin our 11th year of IAMSE faculty development webcast seminars with a discussion of the contemporary changes in health professions education. Things are different from "when we were in school". No kidding!

Professors teach differently. Our curricula are likely to be more integrated and in an applied context. Our role as a content expert may diminish as we become facilitators of learning and application of science in medicine. This poses challenges as teachers and education administrators. Drs. Carroll and Standley will explore these changing roles.

Students learn differently. While we learned in a linear, building-block fashion the millennial learner may follow a non-linear, asynchronous route to understanding. Drs. Roberts and Pelley will help us understand their learning needs and processes, and how our teaching can transform them.

Learning may be assessed differently. "Classical" exams are great for assessing factual knowledge but novel methods can require higher-order thinking and application. Drs. Brenner; Ginzburg and Metzger will explore new approaches that may be more appropriate for the patient-care world for which are students are being prepared.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Students still are motivated to learn their profession, faculty members are still motivated to facilitate learning efficiently, and schools are still motivated to use resources appropriately. Just differently.

Starting September 6th

Details and Registration can be found:

http://iamse.org/development/2012/was_2012_fall.htm