Welcome to the new series of AMEE Guides
Teaching and Learning
Four Supplements are available for download for AMEE Guide 30
AMEE Guide 30
Peer Assisted Learning: a planning and implementation framework
Michael Ross and Helen Cameron
ISBN: 1-903934-38-9
Date: September 2007
Summary: The General Medical Council advocates that a student’s ability to demonstrate appropriate teaching skills remains as a core curriculum component. Based upon a Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) planning framework using enquiring questions, this guide is primarily designed to assist curriculum developers, course organisers and educational researchers develop and implement their own PAL initiatives. Each question is discussed with reference to the PAL literature and other related subjects. Working through the questions, particularly with discussion in a small planning group, will enable readers to efficiently develop their ideas for PAL into comprehensive and practical project plans cognisant of current educational theory, existing PAL literature and the local context.
AMEE Guide 32
e-Learning in Medical Education
Rachel Ellaway and Ken Masters
ISBN: 978-1-903934-41-8
Date: September 2008
Summary: This Guide is presented both as an introduction to the novice, and as a resource to more experienced practitioners. It covers a wide range of topics, some in broad outline, and others in more detail. Each section is concluded with a brief “Take home message” which serves as a short summary of the section. The Guide is divided into two parts. The first part introduces the basic concepts of e-learning, e-teaching, and e-assessment, and then focuses on the day-to-day issues of e-learning, looking both at theoretical concepts and practical implementation issues. The second part examines technical, management, social, design and other broader issues in e-learning, and it ends with a review of emerging forms and directions in e-learning in medical education.
AMEE Guide 34
Teaching in the clinical environment
Subha Ramani and Sam Leinster
ISBN: 978-1-903934-43-2
Date: September 2008
Summary: This Guide looks at the many challenges for teachers in the clinical environment, application of relevant educational theories to the clinical context and practical teaching tips for clinical teachers. This guide will concentrate on the hospital setting as teaching within the community is the subject of another AMEE guide.
AMEE Guide 40
Creating effective poster presentations
George Hess, Kathryn Tosney, Leon Liegel
ISBN:978-1-903934-48-7
Date: September 2009
Summary: Poster presentations have become an important part of professional meetings and are recognized as valuable tools for teaching and assessment. An effective poster is a visual communication tool that will help you engage colleagues in conversation, convey your main point to large numbers of people, and advertise your work. An effective poster is a highly condensed version of a research paper constructed primarily of visual displays of data with just enough supporting text to provide context, interpretation, and conclusions. This AMEE Guide provides guidance and is illustrated with annotated examples.
Assessment
AMEE Guide 31
Workplace-based Assessment as an Educational Tool
John Norcini and Vanessa Burch
ISBN: 1-903934-39-7
Date: February 2008
Summary: There has been concern that trainees are seldom observed, assessed and given feedback during their workplace-based education. This has led to increasing interest in a variety of formative assessment methods that require observation and offer the opportunity for feedback. The research literature on formative assessment and feedback suggests that it is a powerful means for changing the behaviour of learners. In this Guide, several methods for assessing work-based activities are described, with preliminary evidence of their application, practicability, reliability and validity. The critical role of teaching faculty is highlighted, as is the need for strategies to enhance their participation and training.
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