Teaching the Professions

The role of high-fidelity clinical simulation in teaching and learning in the health professions

This essay reviews some of the literature about development of expert practice in medicine and related health professions. It uses adult education theory, Vygotsky’s notion of learning in the ‘zone of proximal development’ and some of the more general higher education literature in order to produce a critical analysis of the benefits of high fidelity simulation experiences. Conclusions point to...

The Psychiatric Professions

Properties, promotive and obstructive conditions of multi-professional teaching and learning of health professions and non-health professions: an explorative survey from the perspective of teachers

OBJECTIVE Care for people with dementia is considered a multi-professional challenge that requires a collaborative approach between health professionals and non-health professionals. Didactic strategies to ensure the same qualifications across these occupational groups are lacking. This article presents the joint learning of selected properties and promotive and obstructive conditions, using th...

The Regulation of Medical Professions

This chapter reviews two areas of the medical regulation literature; the licensing of medical professionals and medical malpractice. The licensing literature draws upon a more general literature which explains the existence of regulation as reflecting the interests of either (1) the regulated profession, (2) the public, or (3) a combination of both the public and the profession. The major contr...

Teaching Clinical Judgment: a Review with Consideration of Applications for Health Professions

This review explores the concept of clinical judgment and its relationship to critical thinking. A systematic review of the literature was performed in PubMed, using the key words “clinical judgment,” and limiting the search to papers published in English. A hand search located additional pertinent documents. While papers on clinical judgment specifically in nutrition and dietetics are scarce, ...