Medical Education In Ambulatory Care Settings

Because of changes in the health care system, the hospital has become less suitable as the primary focus of graduate medical education for primary care physicians. However, the current system of financing health care education and services makes it difficult to accomplish the needed shift to training in primary care ambulatory settings. This book suggests ways of lowering financial barriers to primary care training in ambulatory settings.

Providing a comprehensive and evidence-based reference guide for those who have a strong and scholarly interest in medical education, the Oxford Textbook of Medical Education contains everything the medical educator needs to know in order to deliver the knowledge, skills, and behaviour that doctors need. The book explicitly states what constitutes best practice and gives an account of the evidence base that corroborates this. Describing the theoretical educational principles that lay the foundations of best practice in medical education, the book gives readers a through grounding in all aspects of this discipline. Contributors to this book come from a variety of different backgrounds, disciplines and continents, producing a book that is truly original and international.

Outlining approaches for teaching residents and medical students in ambulatory care, this book discusses essential teaching skills, tells how to deal with difficult trainees, and shows how to set up a private practice as a setting for teaching. Rubenstein is affiliated with the Family Medicine Program, Royal College of General Practitioners of Australia. Talbot teaches in the Departments of Family and Community Medicine and Health Administration at the University of Toronto. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

A practical, hands-on resource for physicians in all specialties, Medical Teaching in Ambulatory Care is a guide on training medical students and residents in settings such as private practices and hospital clinics. Concise, engaging, and easy to follow, it is an ideal handbook for the busy practitioner looking to upgrade his or her teaching abilities. The authors cover basic education theory, individual teaching skills, strategies for evaluating trainees, and tips on working with challenging learners. Readers can follow along with the storyline of a fictional Dr. Smith, through whom the book provides practical examples that complement each theory, skill, and strategy presented. This new edition has been updated with key medical education theories that are now core to current approaches, expanded details on one-to-one teaching, and information on structured formats to use when reviewing patient encounters with learners. The authors also examine the impact of digital technology on medical education in office-based settings and provide tips on working with the new generation of learners who enjoy – and expect – instant access to information of all kinds.

Many medical care decisions are made in outpatient settings, yet physician training continues to be conducted in inpatient settings. Emphasizing the benefits of ambulatory teaching for both medical students and office-based physicians, this work offers advice on starting and carrying out medical education in outpatient settings. It describes basic elements of learning theory and the student-teacher relationship, and provides tips on preparing students to interact with patients. Since most physicians have no formal training as teachers, methods for evaluating the teacher are included. Durso teaches medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.