Fundamentals and Frontiers of Medical Education and Decision-Making
Educational Theory and Psychological Practice

Fundamentals and Frontiers of Medical Education and Decision-Making brings together international experts to consider the theoretical, practical, and sociocultural foundations of health professions education.

In this volume, the authors review the foundational theories that have informed the early transition to competency-based education. Moving beyond these monolithic models, the authors draw from learning and psychological sciences to provide a means to operationalize competencies. The chapters cover fundamental topics including the transition from novices to experts, the development of psychomotor skills in surgery, the role of emotion and metacognition in decision-making, and how practitioners and laypeople represent and communicate health information. Each section seeks to provide a basic background along with chapters to integrate and advance our understanding of health professions education and decision-making.

Grounded in psychological science, this book highlights the fundamental issues faced by healthcare professionals, and the frontiers of learning and decision-making. It is important reading for a wide audience of healthcare professionals, healthcare administrators as well as researchers in judgment and decision-making.

Section 1: Conceptual Issues Preface: Personal Paths and Professional Practice 1. Human-Centered Design in Health Professions Education: Informing Competency-Based Education with Psychological Science 2. Considerations for Implementation of a Competency-based Education Program for Preclerkship Courses 3. Validity in Health Professions Education: From Assessment Instruments to Program Innovation and Evaluation 4. Implementation of Learning Analytics in Medical Education: Practical Considerations; Section 2: Decision-Making 5. Emotions and Clinical Decision-Making 6. Separating the Noise from the Signal: The Role of Familiarity and Pattern Recognition in the Development of Clinical Expertise 7. Optimizing Psychomotor Skills Acquisition in Healthcare Simulation through Knowledge Mobilization 8. Quantifying Expertise in the Healthcare Professions: Cognitive Efficiency and Metacognitive Calibration 9. Representing and Communicating Health Information: Fundamentals of Persuasive Health Communication 10. Reflection as a Core Skill in Bioethics Education: Application to the Scientific and Health Care Professions

Jordan Schoenherr is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and a member of the Applied AI Institute at Concordia University and an Adjunct Research Professor in the Department of Psychology and member of the Institute for Data Science at Carleton University, Canada

Meghan McConnell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Innovation in Medical Education and Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Ottawa, Canada.