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Continuous adult learning is vital for healthcare professionals, emphasizing the importance of ongoing education beyond short-term learning. With a focus on active learning, self-assessment, and individualized learning plans, practitioners can enhance their skills and improve patient outcomes. This approach acknowledges the complexity of information and the necessity of effective resource assessment. By integrating multimodal strategies and peer mentorship, healthcare professionals can foster a culture of lifelong learning that keeps them engaged, informed, and competent in their practice.
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Continuous Adult Learning Robert K. Schneider, MD Departments of Psychiatry, Internal Medicine and Family Practice The Medical College of Virginia at the Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia
Continuous Adult Learning • Continuous • Information that influences regular behaviors • NOT short term learning(cramming for tests) • Half-life of information is short • Adult • “Can’t teach old dogs new tricks” • Windows of learning • Learning • Information and Evidence • Skills and Behaviors
Active Learning • Uncomfortable • Self Assessment • Individual Learning Plan • Multimodal/Multisensory Learning • Passive Learning • Comfortable • External Assessment • External Requirements • Lectures/Highly Structured CME
Why bother? • You’re going to spend the time anyway? • It’s good for your patients • It’s fun …well most of the time
Goals for this morning • Don’t drool • Individualized Learning Plan • Teachers • YODAs • Coach-Mentors • Personal Libraries
Individualized Learning Plan • Self Assessment • Conscious Incompetence • Unconscious Incompetence • Resource Assessment • Written (paper vs eletronic) • Conferences
Self Assessment • Conscious Incompetence • Patient question • Clinical problem • Unconscious Incompetence • Written assessment: MKSAP • Evaluations • Observed examinations
Resource Assessment • Written (paper vs eletronic) • Paper: textbooks, journals • Electronic: Internet, CD ROMs • Conferences • Local, State, National • General vs. Specialized
Teachers • YODAs • Coach-Mentors
Your Own Data Analyst • YODAs • Evidence in the literature is complex • Filtering through it is difficult • Find someone who has already done this • Usually a specialist or someone with that area of interest
Coach-Mentors • Peers/Colleagues • Journal Clubs • “Peer supervision” • Senior Leaders • Senior partner in a group • Author of an article • Teacher/Educators • Program directors • Supervisors • Project partners
Personal Libraries • Organizational Matrix • Needs • Use of information • Type of information • Format • Paper • Electronic