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The future of health professions education: Emerging trends in the United States
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In February 2020 when I was asked to submit some thoughts on trends in the future of health professions education, I had no idea that we were about to experience a once in a century pandemic that would profoundly change health care and the lives and education of health professionals in this country.As I write these personal reflections, we are still in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and cannot yet define what the "new normal" will be for health care, health professional education or society as a whole on the other side of the pandemic.Acknowledging this uncertainty, I believe that the trends I have identified will be more relevant than ever in the post-COVID world with some specific caveats.The six trends that I have identified for the future of health professions education are:
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- Authors
- Thibault, G. E.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Thibault, George E.
- Venue
- FASEB BioAdvances
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2020-09-23
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 685-694
- ISSN
- 2573-9832 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7734422
- OpenAlex
- W3049066843
- Cited by
- 140
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 35 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 11.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- FASEB BioAdvances (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Innovations in Medical Education
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Medical Education
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Public Health Policies and Education
- Keywords
- health professions education, future trends, COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare transformation, post-pandemic healthcare, new normal
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