For airplane pilots, simulator training is a longstanding way of training. Taking over the responsibility for hundreds of people ten kilometers up in the air requires previous practice in a safe environment. In health professional education, simulated or standardized patients—humans...
“Content expertise”, as noted recently, does not equal “teaching expertise.” Moreover, the age gap between teachers and learners means that teachers too often teach the way they were taught, whereas the learners use ways of knowledge acquisition unknown to their...
Throughout medical school, students collect loosely connected islands of knowledge (even in integrated curricula) about health and disease. Later, in clinical practice, they encounter ‘whole’ human individuals, with conditions that have complex roots and effects within their lives. Thus, future...
When does a need to collaborate arise? If one does not know what to do, but assumes someone else does, collaboration could be the answer. Also, people look for organized teamwork if time and resources for complicated and long-lasting situations...
A number of journals deals with teaching and education of physicians, nurses, and other health professionals. Why do we at IGHPE think the time has come to start a new platform? The introductory video gives insights into our motives for...
