Education Theory Made Practical (Volume 5) is the fifth volume in a well-established series of eBooks that aims to connect theory to clinical education. It continues our case-based discussion of core theories and frameworks in medical education. A collaborative project between the Academic Life in Emergency Medicine (aliem.com) and the International Clinical Educator (ICE blog), this project has helped many clinician educators to gain a better sense of how education theories and frameworks can apply to their daily practice. Though we have titled the series “Education Theory Made Practical” we wish our readers to be aware that our series does not only highlight formal educational theories – instead, it seeks to bring clarity to education-relevant models, concepts, theoretical frameworks, and conceptual frameworks that might help education practitioners improve their educational practice.

The book has also selected 10 new concepts/models/theories/frameworks that have not yet been covered by our previous works. Building on the previous success of this series, each chapter has been written and edited by clinician educators for clinician educators, and then released on the ICE blog over a six month period. The posts are open for peer review by our health professions education community broadly, and then edited by our editors into this final compendium.

As with our previous books, each chapter begins with a common case that educators may face in the clinical or classroom setting followed by a discussion of the featured theory itself, its modern applications, and finally the case is closed by articulating how the theory could augment education practice. Additionally, we include an annotated bibliography so that readers can easily find additional resources for further learning. Each chapter can be read independently or as an entire book at the reader’s preference.

This book (and its source materials) were originally derived as a part of the Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAM or #FOAMed) movement and funded by the Government of Ontario’s eCampus Ontario initiative. We are thankful for the funding from our sponsoring agency to assist with being able to make this resource open access to the world.

Purpose

The Education Theories Made Practical eBook series was designed to provide an efficient primer on ten core educational frameworks or theories that can be applied by the reader in a practical manner, while also providing a resource for identifying further relevant literature.

Funding

This work has been funded by a generous grant from eCampus Ontario, which is an initiative of the Government of Ontario (Canada).

 Usage

Available for usage under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Where can I find this online?

This book can be found in the ALiEM Library (aliem.com/library), Apple Bookstore, ResearchGate, and the Government of Ontario’s eCampus library.

Editors

Abra Fant, MD, MS
Michael Gottlieb, MD
Simiao Li-Sauerwine, MD, MSCR
Sara Krzyzaniak, MD
Sreeja Natesan, MD
Benjamin Schnapp, MD, MEd
Teresa Chan, MD, MHPE

Foreword

William Bynum, MD