TY - JOUR
T1 - Preparing medical students as agentic learners through enhancing student engagement in clinical education
AU - Richards, Janet
AU - Sweet, Linda
AU - Billett, Stephen
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Preparing medical students to be agentic learners is held to be increasingly important. This is because beyond sequencing, enhancing and varying of experiences across university and health care settings, medical students require epistemological agency to optimize their learning. The positioning of students in these settings, and their engagement with these is central to effective medical education. Consequently, when considering both the processes and outcomes of individuals' learning to become a doctor, it is helpful to account for the interrelated pedagogical factors of affordance, guidance, and engagement. This paper focuses on the last set of concerns-the student's engagement - with particular consideration to how they shape the relations between what experiences are afforded through the medical program and how they elect to engage with them. Evidence from a qualitative study is used to present five salient factors that are central to assist medical students prepare as agentic learners. (Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2013, 14(4), 251-263.
AB - Preparing medical students to be agentic learners is held to be increasingly important. This is because beyond sequencing, enhancing and varying of experiences across university and health care settings, medical students require epistemological agency to optimize their learning. The positioning of students in these settings, and their engagement with these is central to effective medical education. Consequently, when considering both the processes and outcomes of individuals' learning to become a doctor, it is helpful to account for the interrelated pedagogical factors of affordance, guidance, and engagement. This paper focuses on the last set of concerns-the student's engagement - with particular consideration to how they shape the relations between what experiences are afforded through the medical program and how they elect to engage with them. Evidence from a qualitative study is used to present five salient factors that are central to assist medical students prepare as agentic learners. (Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2013, 14(4), 251-263.
KW - Agency
KW - Agentic learning
KW - Clinical education
KW - Personal epistemology
KW - Work-Integrated learning
UR - http://www.apjce.org/files/APJCE_14_4_251_263.pdf
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84890903066&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
VL - 14
SP - 252
EP - 263
JO - Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education
JF - Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education
SN - 1175-2882
IS - 4
ER -