Putting students at the center: moving beyond time-variable one-size-fits-all medical education to true individualization

Abstract

Debra A Schwinn,1–3 Christopher S Cooper,4 Jean E Robillard5 1Department of Anesthesia, 2Department of Pharmacology, 3Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, IA 52242-1109, USA; 4Department of Urology, University of Iowa Health Care, Roy J. & Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 5224-1101, USA; 5Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Health Care, Roy J. & Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242-1101, USA Abstract: Medical education has undergone a wave of creative innovation over the last decade, with new curricular structures, pedagogy, content, and team-based approaches. Augmenting these changes, integration of clinical and scientific principles increasingly occurs across all years of training. Given success in innovation and integration, as well as recent interest and national pilots in time-variable (competency-based) education, we propose the next important step in medical education evolution is individualization. Keywords: medical education, curriculum, competency-based education, self-directed learning, pedagogy, medical school, innovation, learning

Keywords

• • Medical Education • Curriculum • Competency-Based Education • Self-directed learning • Pedagogy • Medical School