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Title Educating health professionals : becoming a university teacher / edited by Stephen Loftus, the Education For Practice Institute, Charles Sturt University, Australia, Tania Gerzina, Faculty of Dentistry, the University of Sydney, Australia, Joy Higgs, the Education For Practice Institute, Charles Sturt University, Australia, Megan Smith, Faculty of Science, Charles Sturt University, Australia and Elaine Duffy, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Australia.

Publication Info. Rotterdam : SensePublishers, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 339 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Practice, Education, Work and Society ; v.8
Practice, education, work and society ; v.8.
Contents Introduction. Being a Health Professional Educator -- Health Professionals Becoming University Teachers -- Being a University Teacher -- Context of Health Professional Education Today -- Health Professional Education Programs -- Looking after Yourself -- Community and Workplace Expectations of Graduates in the Health Professions -- Professional Socialisation -- Education in the Emerging Professions -- Providing Clinical Education -- Teaching and Research. Thinking about Curriculum -- Standards in Health Professional Education -- Student Experience -- Development of Healthcare Researchers -- Indigenous Issues in Health Professional Education -- Introducing Interprofessional Education -- Case Studies. Making the Most of Workplace Learning -- Workplace Learning in Rural and Remote Areas -- Internationalisation and Health Professional Education -- Assessment in Health Professional Education -- Learning Practical Skills -- Teaching Clinical Reasoning -- Understanding the Place of Assessment Standards -- Indigenous Issues -- A Practical Example -- Professional Development for Medical Educators -- Future Directions. Major Current Themes in Health Professional Education -- Health Professional Education in the Future.
Summary This book is for health professionals who are becoming involved in the education of people entering their professions. It introduces many of the challenges that educators must engage with in the twenty-first century; challenges that will preoccupy our attention for many years to come. The world of professional practice in healthcare is changing and the education we provide to prepare people for that practice is also changing. How do we prepare professional practitioners for this changing world? How do we prepare them for the changes that are yet to come? What challenges and changes do they need to be aware of? How do we prepare educators both academics and workplace educators for these challenges? This volume opens up and articulates the issues we face in preparing people to enter the contemporary world of healthcare. Experienced educators should also find much of interest in these pages. Practice-based education provides an overarching framework for consideration of the issues involved. There are five sections in the book: - Section 1: Introduction - Section 2: Health Professional Education in Context - Section 3: Teaching and Research - Section 4: Case Studies - Section 5: Future Directions.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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Subject Medicine -- Study and teaching.
Medicine -- Study and teaching.
Medical teaching personnel -- Vocational guidance.
Medical teaching personnel.
Vocational guidance.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Subject Education.
Education (general)
Added Author Loftus, Stephen, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Loftus, Stephen EDUCATING HEALTH PROFESSIONALS : BECOMING A UNIVERSITY TEACHER Dordrecht : Springer,c2013
ISBN 9789462093539 (electronic book)
9462093539 (electronic book)
9462093512
9789462093515
9462093520
9789462093522
9789462093515
9789462093522
Standard No. 10.1007/978-94-6209-353-9