Achieving Excellence in Medical Education - Hardcover

Richard B. Gunderman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1846282969 ISBN 13: 9781846282966

Publisher: Springer, 2006

Synopsis

Offering theoretical insights and practical suggestions, Achieving Excellence in Medical Education explores an essential question facing medical educators and learners: What is our vision of educational excellence and what can be done to enhance performance? Coverage includes: resources for promoting excellence in medical education, promises and pitfalls of new educational technologies, and medical education’s role in preparing future leaders.

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From the Back Cover:

A goldmine of theoretical insights and practical suggestions, Achieving Excellence in Medical Education explores the essential question facing medical educators and learners today: What is our vision of educational excellence, and what can we do to enhance our performance? Among the topics explored within this engaging, informative, and thought-provoking text are:

· Education’s position as a priority of medical schools

· Seminal educational insights from non-medical educators

· Best practices of outstanding educators and learners

· Promises and pitfalls of new educational technologies

· Key resources for promoting excellence in medical education

· Medical education’s role in preparing future leaders

· Leadership roles for medical schools in universities and society

"Richard Gunderman’s remarkable volume Achieving Excellence in Medical Education is truly a learned treatise on medical education, educational evaluation, academic medical center leadership, and organizational development for excellence."

―Thomas S. Inui, ScM, MD,

President and CEO, Regenstrief Institute; Sam

Regenstrief Professor of Health Services Research;

Associate Dean for Health Care Research, and Professor

of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine,

Indianapolis, IN, USA

 

"Gunderman draws on a rich tradition and provocatively challenges us to enact an ethical medicine that makes teaching and learning integral to clinical practice."

―Alfred I Tauber, MD, Professor of Philosophy;

Zoltan Kohn Professor of Medicine, Director, Center for

Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University,

Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

About the Author:

Dr Richard B. Gunderman is Vice Chairman, Department of Radiology and Director, Pediatric Radiology at Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA. He is also a professor of Medical Education, Philosophy, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1846282969
• ISBN 13: 9781846282966
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200