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Zoë Playdon and Abdol Tavabie look at the ongoing consultation on the future of medical education
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If I ask someone how to do something and their answer begins with the words Always and only, then I know that I am in a training environment. The matter is not up for discussion, there are not exceptional circumstances; just do it and... more
If I ask someone how to do something and their answer begins with the words Always and only, then I know that I am in a training environment. The matter is not up for discussion, there are not exceptional circumstances; just do it and do it like this. Some of medicine is like ...
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For that we must turn to education. Education is a learning process which deals with unknown outcomes, with circumstances which require a complex synthesis of knowledge, skills, and experience to solve problems which are often one off... more
For that we must turn to education. Education is a learning process which deals with unknown outcomes, with circumstances which require a complex synthesis of knowledge, skills, and experience to solve problems which are often one off problems. There are no simple answers to ...
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... to read and make helpful comments on early drafts of individual chapters: David Ball, Gillie Bolton, Dawn Hillier, Gill Kent ... 'Starting where we are' (© 1985 VS Naipaul ... be constructed, let us look at the... more
... to read and make helpful comments on early drafts of individual chapters: David Ball, Gillie Bolton, Dawn Hillier, Gill Kent ... 'Starting where we are' (© 1985 VS Naipaul ... be constructed, let us look at the variety of forms which members of this one group used, quite spontaneously, to ...
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Although the process of professionalisation for doctors is called medical education its rhetoric is that of training. To professionals from mainstream education this presents a paradox as we recognise a critical distinction between... more
Although the process of professionalisation for doctors is called medical education its rhetoric is that of training. To professionals from mainstream education this presents a paradox as we recognise a critical distinction between training and education. We identify training as a learning process which deals with known outcomes. It is exemplified in the production line and production management, and its central concern is that the same product should be produced identically each time. So it deals in repetitive skills and uniform performances which are expressed as standards or criteria which must be followed exactly. Medicine deals with some areas where uniformity of this kind is desirable–for example, taking blood. But, clearly, these protocols are not the whole of medicine. For that we must turn to education. Education is a learning process which deals with unknown outcomes, with circumstances which require a complex synthesis of knowledge, …
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Bushcraft emerged from indigenous knowledge with a skill-base used for military, commercial and recreational purposes. We identify it as embodied contextual learning, for and with the environment, arising from a deep inter-subjective... more
Bushcraft emerged from indigenous knowledge with a skill-base used for military, commercial and recreational purposes. We identify it as embodied contextual learning, for and with the environment, arising from a deep inter-subjective relationship with the natural world. This focus suggests a ‘conscientization’ developing a critical awareness, transformative of society’s relationship with ecosystems and providing autonomous, individual learning. Bushcraft education has gained in popularity in recent years and we seek to problematise and define its educational identity as it appears rarely in mainstream or outdoor education. Accordingly, we suggest that bushcraft education shares some of the aims of radical education, signalled by the transformative purpose in which radical pedagogies are positioned, normally situated outside mainstream formal education. We conclude that bushcraft education may have global significance as radical pedagogy, progressing deeper understandings of the rela...
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If I ask someone how to do something and their answer begins with the words Always and only, then I know that I am in a training environment. The matter is not up for discussion, there are not exceptional circumstances; just do it and... more
If I ask someone how to do something and their answer begins with the words Always and only, then I know that I am in a training environment. The matter is not up for discussion, there are not exceptional circumstances; just do it and do it like this. Some of medicine is like ...
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This report was carried out to identify the management structures and processes that could support or disable curriculum innovation in postgraduate medical and dental education (PGMDE).
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The role of an 'educational supervisor' encompasses many different functions; teacher, programme coordinator, assessor of competence, mentor, career adviser, appraiser and counsellor. Is it possible, or desirable, for one... more
The role of an 'educational supervisor' encompasses many different functions; teacher, programme coordinator, assessor of competence, mentor, career adviser, appraiser and counsellor. Is it possible, or desirable, for one consultant to claim proficiency in all these areas?
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Two excellent papers dealing with AIDS put these financial and moral concerns into a practical working context. MH Merson's AIDS: new diseases and morbidity patterns and IE Thompson's Teaching ethics in the era of AIDS both... more
Two excellent papers dealing with AIDS put these financial and moral concerns into a practical working context. MH Merson's AIDS: new diseases and morbidity patterns and IE Thompson's Teaching ethics in the era of AIDS both use the pandemic to model new ways of dealing ...