Basic & Clinical Medicine ›› 2021, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (4): 619-622.

• Medical Education • Previous Articles    

Transformative learning theory for medical education from UK and USA and its implications to China

HOU Jian-lin1, LI Ji-yun2, LUO You-hui3, WANG Wei-min4*   

  1. 1. Institute of Medical Education & National Center for Health Professions Education Development; 2. Grade of 2015, Medical Program, School of Basic Medicine; 3. Office of Education, Health Science Center; 4. Health Science Center, Peking University, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2020-01-17 Revised:2020-04-26 Online:2021-04-05 Published:2021-04-05
  • Contact: *wwm@bjmu.edu.cn

Abstract: Transformative learning in medical education has been adapted in developed countries like UK and USA,and has achieved confirmed effects, such as medical students'attitude of learning and professional values acknowledgement during clinical management of diseases and patients, perception of medicine service in undeveloped areas and continues quality improvement of healthcare services. It is suggested that China may adapt the concept of transformative learning in medical education, pay special attention to the cultivation of medical students' competencies in critical thinking,systems-based practice, and appropriately introduce disorienting environment to challeng and stimulate studens'learning in order to optimize teaching effects.

Key words: transformative learning, medical education, the United Kingdom, the United States of America

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