Instructional Approaches for Health Professions Education

As healthcare systems improve and evolve, professionals in allied health must adapt and broaden their roles. It becomes crucial to ensure current and future the allied healthcare workforce receives proper training, considering the new competencies required to deliver exceptional multidisciplinary patient healthcare. These approaches encompass a variety of teaching strategies, including traditional lectures, hands-on clinical training, simulation-based learning, problem-based learning, and interprofessional education. Each method is designed to address the unique challenges of educating healthcare professionals, such as the need for both theoretical knowledge and practical application in high-pressure environments. By integrating evidence-based strategies and innovative technologies, effective instructional approaches may foster critical thinking, promote patient-centered care, and ensure learners are well-prepared to meet the demands of the healthcare system. Instructional Approaches for Health Professions Education presents teaching practices and methods for allied health curricula and offers reviews of pedagogic methodologies within the realm of healthcare in allied health curricula. It examines learning, assesses the impact of undergraduate interventions on patient outcomes, and compares various healthcare teaching pedagogies and models. This book covers topics such as digital technology, medical training, and career development, and is a useful resource for medical professionals, healthcare workers, business owners, educators, academicians, and researchers.