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Self-Directed Learning in Family Medicine

Self-Directed Learning in Family Medicine
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Author(s): Theresa J. Barrett (New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians, USA)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 23
Source title: Handbook of Research on Adult and Community Health Education: Tools, Trends, and Methodologies
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Viktor Wang (Florida Atlantic University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6260-5.ch009

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Abstract

Self-directed learners are able to recognize their learning needs, set their learning goals, identify the resources necessary to accomplish those goals, implement learning strategies, and evaluate the results of their efforts (Brockett & Hiemstra, 1991). Self-directedness is a skill that many adult learners possess. In an age when biomedical knowledge is increasing at a pace never before seen in human history, being a self-directed learner is not just a necessary skill, it is a critical one for family physicians. This chapter provides a brief overview of several self-directed learning models and the characteristics of self-directed learners, discusses self-directed learning in the context of continuing medical education, and provides an assessment of family physicians as self-directed learners.

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