Patient-present teaching in the clinic: Effect on agency and professional behaviour.

Background/purpose: Although much has been written about the medical learning environment, the patient, who is the focus of care, is rarely the focus in this literature. The purpose of this study was to explore the role of the patient as an active participant with agency in the medical learning environment from the standpoint of the learner, the attending physician, and most importantly, the patient. We hoped to gain insights into the mechanisms that can reinforce professional values such as patient-centred and respectful behaviours in a patient-present learning environment.

Incentives for clinical teachers: On why their complex influences should lead us to proceed with caution.

Introduction: When medical education programs have difficulties recruiting or retaining clinical teachers, they often introduce incentives to help improve motivation. Previous research, however, has shown incentives can unfortunately have unintended consequences. When and why that is the case in the context of incentivizing clinical teachers remains unclear.

The disconnect between knowing and doing in health professions education and practice.

Safe and effective healthcare requires that new knowledge or skills, once learned, are incorporated into professional practice. However, this process is not always straightforward. Learning takes place in complex contexts, requiring practitioners to overcome various motivational, systemic, emotional, and social barriers to the application of knowledge.

Incentivizing Medical Teachers: Exploring the Role of Incentives in Influencing Motivations.

Purpose: Medical education is dependent on clinicians and other faculty who volunteer time and expertise to teaching. Unfortunately, the literature reports increasing levels of dissatisfaction, burnout, and attrition. Incentivization provides an obvious intervention, but rewards must be implemented judiciously or risk unintended consequences.

Residents' views of the role of classroom-based learning in graduate medical education through the lens of academic half days.

Purpose: To examine the role of classroom-based learning in graduate medical education through the lens of academic half days (AHDs) by exploring residents' perceptions of AHDs' purpose and relevance and the effectiveness of teaching and learning in AHDs.

Method: The authors invited a total of 186 residents in three programs (internal medicine, orthopedic surgery, and hematology) at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine to participate in semistructured focus groups from October 2010 to February 2011. Verbatim transcripts of the interviews underwent inductive analysis.