The future of health professional education: Some reflections on possibilities and complexities

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Submitted by Jill Thistlethwaite on Jun 19, 2014 - 11:42am CDT

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Journal Article

While educators may pride themselves on innovations, the truth is that most change is driven by social factors and policy rather than by research. We are often at the whim of our politicians, regardless of our much-vaunted professional autonomy. So our complex question might be: What are the drivers for change in health professional education, how might we influence policy regarding these and what effects will they have? Rather than ‘what will education look like in twenty years?

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Jill Thistlethwaite
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