Learning in the Health Professions: Strategies for Developing the Master Adaptive Learner

Catalog description

This course will sue a master adaptive learner (MAL) framework as model for the integration of key learning theories and concepts in health professions education. Learning in the health professions is progressive development of expertise across a career including building formal and clinical knowledge, clinical reasoning abilities, and clinical performance. Central to all of the health professions education is self-directed lifelong learning. The course will examine application of learning theories to the learner, teacher, and the clinical learning environment. The MAL framework will be used as a conceptual model (planning, learner engagement, assessment, and adjusting) to investigate the development and assessment of a master adaptive learner.