Trip of a Lifetime – LSD

This May 1 article in The Independent (U.K.) outlines the history and some of the highlights (or lowlights) of the LSD era: Trip of a lifetime: How LSD rocked the world
If you are old enough to remember the 60s, you might enjoy watching these videos from that time. The first records an experiment with British [...]

How physicians learn and how to design learning experiences for them (Don Moore)

This chapter is from the final report of Continuing Education in the Health Professions: Improving Healthcare Through Lifelong Learning, the Macy Foundation report on continuing health education.
Moore DE Jr. How physicians learn and how to design learning experiences for them. From: Continuing Education in the Health Professions: Improving Healthcare Through Lifelong Learning. New York: Josiah [...]

Continuing Education in the Health Professions: Improving Healthcare Through Lifelong Learning (Macy Foundation) – the monograph

The final report is available as of May 16, 2008:
Continuing Education in the Health Professions: Improving Healthcare Through Lifelong Learning. A Conference Sponsored by the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation. Chaired by Suzanne W. Fletcher, M.D., M.Sc. Bermuda,  November 2007. Edited by Mary Hager, Sue Russell, and Suzanne W. Fletcher, M.D., M.Sc. New York: Josiah Macy, [...]

Accreditation, certification, and licensure: How six general competencies are influencing medical education and patient care

  The article below was recently published in the Journal of Medical Licensure and Discipline. This is the journal of the Federation of State Medical Boards. Copies of the article may be ordered from the journal Web site.
Mazmanian PE, Galbraith R, Miller SH, Schyve PM, Kopelow M, Thompson JN, Aparicio A, Davis DA, Kahn NB [...]

The effectiveness of self-assessment on the identification of learner needs, learner activity, and impact on clinical practice

   This new BEME Guide was just published in Medical Teacher:
Colthart I, Bagnall G, Evans A, Allbutt H, Haig A, Illing J, McKinstry B.  The effectiveness of self-assessment on the identification of learner needs, learner activity, and impact on clinical practice: BEME Guide no. 10. Med Teach 2008 Mar;30(2):124-45. [subscription required]
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