Learning to Diagnose with Simulations: Examples from Teacher Education and Medical Education

It compares the effects of interventions on diagnostic competences in teacher and medical education. It includes analyses showing that important aspects of diagnostic competences and effects of instructional interventions are comparable for teachers and doctors. The book concludes with an outline of promising future research on the use of simulations to facilitate professional competences in higher education.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 157 pages
Publication date: 12 February 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This book presents eight novel approaches to measuring and improving diagnostic competences with simulation. It compares the effects of interventions on these diagnostic competences in both teacher and medical education. It includes analyses showing that important aspects of diagnostic competences and effects of instructional interventions aiming to facilitate them are comparable for teachers and doctors.

Through closely analyzing projects from medical education, mathematics education, biology education, and psychology, the reader is presented with multiple options for interventions that may be used in each of the subject areas and the improvements in diagnostic skills that could be expected from each simulation. The book concludes with an outline of promising future research on the use of simulations to facilitate professional competences in higher education in general, and for the advancement of diagnostic competencies in particular.

This book is a valuable resource for educators, policymakers, and researchers interested in improving diagnostic skills and knowledge in various subject areas. It provides practical insights and examples of how simulation can be used to enhance teaching and learning, and offers a roadmap for further research in this field.

Weight: 261g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030891497
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022