Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Achieving Excellence in Medical Education

This new book by Richard Gunderman explores the a basic question facing medical educators and learners today: What is our vision of educational excellence, and what can we do to enhance our performance? Achieving Excellence in Medical Education offers theoretical insights and practical suggestions. Among the topics explored are: Educations 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 educations role in preparing future leaders, leadership roles for medical schools in universities and society.