ArticlePostgraduate medical journal2007
Personal development plans and self-directed learning for healthcare professionals: are they evidence based?
Article in Postgraduate medical journal, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- A model of self-directed learning in internal medicine residency: a qualitative study using grounded theory.BMC medical education · 2017Article
- Outcomes of Irish graduate entry medical student engagement with self-directed learning of clinical skills.BMC medical education · 2015Article
- Learning styles of medical students at Taibah University: Trends and implications.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2014Article
- The validity and reliability of the self-directed learning instrument (SDLI) in mainland Chinese nursing students.BMC medical education · 2014Article
- On-the-Job Evidence-Based Medicine Training for Clinician-Scientists of the Next Generation.The Clinical biochemist. Reviews · 2013Review
- Let's reflect: what is the point?The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2011Article
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Abstract
The UK chief medical officer's recommendations for the re-licensing and performance management of doctors will mean a move from a formative towards a summative role for appraisal and its adjunct, the personal development plan. Where does this leave medical educators trying to promote reflective learning? It is taken for granted that self-directed learning is the sine qua non of all adult learning. But is it? This review re-evaluates self-directed learning and its corollary, the personal development plan, in the light of the chief medical officer's report, seeking the evidence behind today's accepted educational practice. It discovers a reality which challenges assumptions long enshrined in medical education.
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