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Title: Achieving Excellence in Medical Education
Author : Richard B. Gunderman
Release Date : January 25, 2007
Genre: Medical,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
Pages : * pages
Size : 739 KB

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A goldmine of theoretical insights and practical suggestions, Achieving Excellence in Medical Education explores the essential question facing medical educators and learners today: What is our vision of educational excellence, and what can we do to enhance our performance? Among the topics explored within this engaging, informative, and thought-provoking text are:

• Education’s position as a priority of medical schools

• Seminal educational insights from non-medical educators

• Best practices of outstanding educators and learners

• Promises and pitfalls of new educational technologies

• Key resources for promoting excellence in medical education

• Medical education’s role in preparing future leaders

• Leadership roles for medical schools in universities and society

"Richard Gunderman’s remarkable volume Achieving Excellence in Medical Education is truly a learned treatise on medical education, educational evaluation, academic medical center leadership, and organizational development for excellence."

—Thomas S. Inui, ScM, MD,

President and CEO, Regenstrief Institute; Sam

Regenstrief Professor of Health Services Research;

Associate Dean for Health Care Research, and Professor

of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine,

Indianapolis, IN, USA

"Gunderman draws on a rich tradition and provocatively challenges us to enact an ethical medicine that makes teaching and learning integral to clinical practice."

—Alfred I Tauber, MD, Professor of Philosophy;

Zoltan Kohn Professor of Medicine, Director, Center for

Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University,

Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA