Author/Editor     Švab, Igor; Allen, Justin; Žebiene, Egle; Petek Šter, Marija; Windak, Adam
Title     Training experts in family medicine teaching
Type     članek
Vol. and No.     Letnik 22, št. 1
Publication year     2016
Volume     str. 58-63
ISSN     1381-4788 - The European journal of general practice
Language     eng
Abstract     Family medicine teachers require specific educational skills. A framework for their professional development is essential for future development of the discipline in Europe. EURACT developed a framework on educational expertise, and subsequently applied it in a curriculum of teaching-skills courses of various levels. The aim of this article is to describe the development of the teaching framework, and of an international three-level course programme for teaching-the-teachers. Furthermore, we describe our experiences and lessons learned, in particular with regard to the level-three programme for proficient teachers, which was new. We conclude that it is possible to develop a theoretical framework of family medicine teaching expertise and to apply it in an international high-level educational programme for future experts in family medicine education. Research evidence of the usefulness of this approach is needed, and the threats for its further development into a sustainable activity are its high teacher/student ratio associated with relatively high costs and difficulties in recruiting suitable participants.
Keywords     medical education
basic concepts and models
philosophy
medicinska vzgoja
osnovni koncepti in modeli
filozofija