Global Medical Education in Normal and Challenging Times

This book is written by several medical educators from developed as well as developing countries based on decades of experience in teaching. The unique experience gained during the COVID-19 pandemic has added new dimensions to the traditional pedagogy, andragogy, and heutagogy, documented here. The...

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Other Authors: Zaidi, Shabih H. (Editor), Hassan, Shahid (Editor), Bigdeli, Shoaleh (Editor), Zehra, Tabassum (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer Nature Switzerland 2024, 2024
Edition:1st ed. 2024
Series:Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction - Part 1: Educational Concepts and Philosophies
  • Part 2: Ready to practice graduates - Part 3: Students’ involvement in career guidance
  • Part 4: Professional development through interaction
  • Part 5: Professionalism & Medical Ethics
  • Part 6: Curriculum development - Part 7: Assessment & Evaluation
  • Part 8: Learning resources and technology in medical education
  • Part 9: Academic leadership
  • Part 10: Research and scholarship
  • Part 11: Globalisation of medical education
  • Part 12: Medical education in the future
  • Conclusion: Medical education is an art and a science. It is perpetually evolving. COVID-19 posed unprecedented challenges, enforcing rapid transition from conventional to many innovative techniques. It has changed the traditional method of paternalistic teaching, and synchronous F2F mode to a virtual synchronous/asynchronous mode transcending time and borders. Traditional classes changed to hyper flex formats and educational methodology became embedded with digital technology. Blended teaching is here to stay. We, believe that Medical and Health Professions Educationists (HPE), physicians, scholars, health workers and students, will benefit from this collection of wisdom of experts from several developing and developed countries