Editorial: Positive Education: Theory, Practice, and Evidence

Tim Swanwick, Understanding medical education: evidence, theory and practice

‘Understanding medical education is a synopsis of educational theory and practice that is easily navigated and covers a variety of topics and themes that are crucial in health professions organization’ (foreword to the second edition, p. 11). The first sentence of the second edition describes its content accurately. The book is divided into five ‘parts’: foundations, educational strategies, ass...

Chemical Education: Theory and Practice

conceptualisation Active experimentation • A formative function. It should enable teachers to diagnose strengths and weaknesses, learning gains and misconceptions, in order to plan more effectively for the further learning of each student. • An evaluative function. It should provide teachers with information about the effectiveness of the curriculum experiences provided, in order to assist curr...

Editorial: Dishonest Behavior, from Theory to Practice

The rapidly growing field of behavioral ethics has shown that dishonest acts are highly prevalent in all walks of life, from corruption among politicians to flagrant cases of doping in sports, to everyday slips, and misdemeanors by ordinary people who nevertheless perceive themselves as highly moral. For instance, managers exaggerate travel expenses, consumers engage in wardrobing, citizens eva...

EDITORIAL Science , pseudoscience , evidence - based practice

We live a time when it is easier to question the value of statins to fight cholesterol or the efficacy of vaccination and replace these treatments with homeopathic substances that lack any demonstrated therapeutic effect, promoting BILIEF to the category of PSEUDO-SCIENCE, than rely on evidencebased facts supported by the SCIENTIFIC METHOD. These are challenging times for clinicians and we need...

A Reflection on Research, Theory, Evidence-based Practice, and Quality Improvement