INTRODUCTION Throughout the last decade, there has been a significant move toward integrating patient safety and quality improvement concepts into health professions education, essentially building a whole new mind in terms of medical knowledge. While existing literature has suggested possible means of implementation, little research has described outcomes and specific examples of integration. ...

BACKGROUND Many African countries are investing in medical education to address significant health care workforce shortages and ultimately improve health care. Increasingly, training institutions are establishing medical education departments as part of this investment. This article describes the status of four such departments at sub-Saharan African medical schools supported by the Medical Edu...

BACKGROUND The current project undertook a province-wide survey and environmental scan of educational opportunities available to future health care providers on the topic of intimate partner violence (IPV) against women. METHODS A team of experts identified university and college programs in Ontario, Canada as potential providers of IPV education to students in health care professions at the ...

BACKGROUND Interprofessional education is receiving increased attention worldwide. This has led to the development of a bachelor programme "Interprofessional Health Care" at the University of Heidelberg, Germany beginning in the winter semester 2011. Aim of this study was to evaluate the students' perception of this innovative programme regarding interprofessional learning. METHODS An explora...

Efforts to reform the predoctoral curriculum are examined in light of the public’s past and future oral health needs. Three directions that may make a difference in the preparation of dentists for their professional roles are discussed: competency-based curriculum, blending dental education into the broader system of health professions education, and reform of clinical education. A blueprint fo...

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...

Collaborative interdisciplinary learning is a core educational requirement cited by the Institute of Medicine Health Professions Education Report (2003). This descriptive study supports the Nursing Education Simulation Framework for designing simulations used as an interdisciplinary teaching strategy in health professions curricula. The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of the fr...

The Institute of Medicine's vision for health professions education specifies working together across professions and schools to provide patient-centered care. Improvement in collaborative preparation of health professionals is seen as central to achieving substantial improvement in the quality of health care. In this article, the authors address one central question: How can medical schools wo...