A Practical Guide for Medical Teachers

by John Dent (Editor), Ronald M Harden, Dan Hunt

The Fifth Edition of the highly praised Practical Guide for Medical Teachers provides a bridge between the theoretical aspects of medical education and the delivery of enthusiastic and effective teaching in basic science and clinical medicine. Healthcare professionals are committed teachers and this book is an essential guide to help them maximise their performance.

This highly regarded book recognises the importance of educational skills in the delivery of quality teaching in medicine.

The contents offer valuable insights into all important aspects of medical education today. A leading educationalist from the USA joins the book’s editorial team.

The continual emergence of new topics is recognised in this new edition with nine new The role of patients as teachers and assessors; Medical humanities; Decision-making; Alternative medicine; Global awareness; Education at a time of ubiquitous information; Programmative assessment; Student engagement; and Social accountability.

An enlarged group of authors from more than 15 countries provides both an international perspective and a multi-professional approach to topics of interest to all healthcare teachers.

Genres: Education

402 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 19, 2001

Reviews

[Walid Kouidri]

I read the book, as required reading in the Qatar University College of Pharmacy program. In general it is a good book with a limited benefit to my pharmacy scope. It serves its primary audience of medical educators very well, but it falls short for those in related clinical fields like pharmacy.

The book successfully handles a dual purpose. As it functions as a practical workbook for immediate classroom application and as a reliable reference guide for deeper study. Medical instructors will find plenty of highly applicable frameworks to use in their daily teaching.

The main drawback is that these concepts do not translate seamlessly to other clinical majors. The structural approaches do not map neatly onto pharmacy education, creating a noticeable gap for instructors trying to adapt the material to non-medical healthcare disciplines.

Ultimately, reading this book highlights a missing piece in professional development literature. A pharmacy-specific equivalent would be highly beneficial, and this text simply makes me wish a dedicated guide for our field currently existed.