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Editorial
. 2019 Feb 28:10:109-112.
doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S187946. eCollection 2019.

Putting students at the center: moving beyond time-variable one-size-fits-all medical education to true individualization

Debra A Schwinn  1   2   3 , Christopher S Cooper  4 , Jean E Robillard  5
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Editorial

Putting students at the center: moving beyond time-variable one-size-fits-all medical education to true individualization

Debra A Schwinn et al. Adv Med Educ Pract. .

Abstract

Medical education has undergone a wave of creative innovation over the last decade, with new curricular structures, pedagogy, content, and team-based approaches. Augmenting these changes, integration of clinical and scientific principles increasingly occurs across all years of training. Given success in innovation and integration, as well as recent interest and national pilots in time-variable (competency-based) education, we propose the next important step in medical education evolution is individualization.

Keywords: competency-based education; curriculum; innovation; learning; medical education; medical school; pedagogy; self-directed learning.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure Over the last 36 months Dr. Schwinn has received an NIH R37 (HL49103) grant for basic science research. The authors report no other conflicts of interest in this work.

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