Rheumatology Teaching: The Art and Science of Medical Education

Book Description This book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art overview of medical teaching methodologies with a particular focus on rheumatology. It discusses why teaching medicine requires a review, explains barriers to learning, outlines fresh teaching methods, and includes student-centered learning activities. It introduces novice medical teachers as well as more experienced educators to the exciting new models of medical education, innovative teaching approaches, and challenges they may face whether working in undergraduate, post-graduate, or continuous medical education. Since “Great teachers are made, not born”, this book presents the interactive pattern of the art and science of teaching and serves as a guide to becoming a highly effective medical educator. Rheumatology Teaching: The Art and Science of Medical Education is an essential text for physicians and related professionals who have special interest in medical education and particularly musculoskeletal teaching as well as instructors in nursing, physiotherapy, and physician assistant programs.
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Content

Part I Introduction: Investing in Education
1. Teaching: Art or Science?

Part II The Science of Teaching
2. Rheumatology Teaching: The Need to Review
3. Barriers to Learning Rheumatology
4. Evidence-Based Rheumatology
5. Towards Modern Basic Science Teaching in Medical Education

Part III The Art of Teaching
6. The Art of Patient History Taking
7. The Art of Teaching Undergraduates
8. The Art of Teaching Primary Care Physicians
9. The Art of Teaching Nurses
10. The Art of Patient Education
11. The Art of Teaching Postgraduates and Future Learners

Part IV Innovations in Medical Education
12. Reflective Learning, Reflective Teaching
13. e-Learning, Adaptive Learning and Mobile Learning
14. Simulation in Medical Education
15. Flipped Learning
16. Social Media and YouTube
17. TED Talks
18. Artificial Intelligence
19. Motivation in Education
20. Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

Part V Mentoring: The Art and Science of Helping Adults Learn
21. Mentoring: The Art and Science of Helping Adults Learn
22. Mentoring in Rheumatology

Part VI Education: The Art and Science of Facilitating
23. How to Be a Good Educator

Part VII The Essence of Teaching
24. Reclaiming the Art and Science of Teaching