Article 2015

Viewpoint: What is 'training'?

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Cooper, Nicola A.
Acute Medicine
Journal · Vol. 14 · Issue 2 · pp. 65-67
Abstract

This edition's paper on 'How doctors spend their time on an AMU' defines 'training' as time spent on senior ward rounds. But the idea that senior ward rounds are training and the rest of work is not is a huge assumption that must be challenged. This article explores some false ideas about postgraduate medical education; why teaching and learning activities needs to be made more explicit, and why we need to stop talking about 'training' and start talking about learning. The goal of professional education is expertise, not competence. That can only happen through work-based learning, something to which we need to pay much more attention. © 2015 Rila Publications Ltd.

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Author Keywords

Competence Learning Expertise education and training Postgraduate medical education

Index Keywords

Teaching learning human Humans Vocational education education postgraduate education human experiment task performance attention emergency health service Emergency Medical Services medical staff Medical Staff, Hospital standards rest Task Performance and Analysis
Author Affiliations
Division of Medical Sciences and Graduate Entry Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
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  • EID 2-s2.0-84953848522
  • PubMed 26305083
  • Language English