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Learner-Centred Medical Education: Improved Learning Or Increased Stress?, Michelle Mclean, T Gibbs
Learner-Centred Medical Education: Improved Learning Or Increased Stress?, Michelle Mclean, T Gibbs
Michelle McLean
Context: Globally, as medical education undergoes significant reform towards more "learner-centred" approaches, specific implications arise for medical educators and learners. Although this learner-centredness is grounded in educational theory, a point of discussion would be whether the application and practice of these new curricula alleviate or exacerbate student difficulties and levels of stress. Objectives: This commentary will argue that while this reform in medical education is laudable, with positive implications for learning, medical educators may not have understood or perhaps not embraced "learner-centredness" in its entirety. Discussion: During their training, medical students are expected to be "patient-centred". They are asked to …