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Experiential learning: AMEE Guide No. 63
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This Guide provides an overview of educational theory relevant to learning from experience. It considers experience gained in clinical workplaces from early medical student days through qualification to continuing professional development. Three key assumptions underpin the Guide: learning is 'situated'; it can be viewed either as an individual or a collective process; and the learning relevant to this Guide is triggered by authentic practice-based experiences. We first provide an overview of the guiding principles of experiential learning and significant historical contributions to its development as a theoretical perspective. We then discuss socio-cultural perspectives on experiential learning, highlighting their key tenets and drawing together common threads between theories. The second part of the Guide provides examples of learning from experience in practice to show how theoretical stances apply to clinical workplaces. Early experience, student clerkships and residency training are discussed in turn. We end with a summary of the current state of understanding.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Yardley, S., Teunissen, P. W., & Dornan, T.
- Affiliations
- Keele University (GB)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Yardley, Sarah
- Venue
- Medical Teacher
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2012-01-30
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- e102-e115
- ISSN
- 0142-159X (ISSN-L)
- 1466-187X
- OpenAlex
- W2114732155
- Cited by
- 639
- References
- 87
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- FWCI
- 3.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Medical Teacher (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Publications (Maastricht University) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Amsterdam UMC (VU Amsterdam) - Institutional Repository (publishedVersion)
- Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) (submittedVersion)
- Pure Amsterdam UMC (submittedVersion)
- Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Innovations in Medical Education
- Social Sciences › Education › Innovative Education and Learning Practices
- Social Sciences › Education › Adult and Continuing Education Topics
- Keywords
- experiential learning, situated learning, clinical teaching, medical students, residency training, continuing professional development, hands-on learning
- MeSH terms
- Clinical Clerkship, Clinical Competence, Humans, Internship and Residency, Psychology, Educational, Students, Medical, Models, Educational, Problem-Based Learning
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