Med education from Dr. C

Self Directed Learning

Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they don't know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it.

-- Sir William Haley

The integration of e-learning into medical education can catalyze the shift toward applying adult learning theory,
where educators will no longer serve mainly as the distributors of content,
but will become more involved as facilitators of learning and assessors of competency.

-The Impact of E-Learning in Medical Education

Medicine requires a constant interest in keeping up to date with new methods, research and technology, so students need to develop skills in reflecting on what they need to learn and where to look for information.

Before beginning, you might want to read:

1. What is Critical Appraisal? - Critical appraisal is the process of carefully and systematically examining research to judge its trustworthiness, and its value and relevance in a particular context.
   
2. What is Evidence Based Medicine Evidence-based medicine is the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients.
3. Evidence Based Medicine: what it is and what it isn't- an editorial from the British Medical Journal
4. Using Wikis and Peer Evaluation to Teach Medical Students How to Find and Assess Evidence Based Resources: A Pilot Study .