Med Sci Educ. 2016;26:175-180. doi: 10.1007/s40670-016-0228-9. Epub 2016 Jan 19.
Medical science educator
Lawrence Cheung
PMID: 27182457 PMCID: PMC4838389 DOI: 10.1007/s40670-016-0228-9
Educators are often tasked with developing courses and curricula that teach learners how to perform medical procedures. This instruction must provide an optimal, uniform learning experience for all learners. If not well designed, this instruction risks being unstructured, informal, variable amongst learners, or incomplete. This article shows how an instructional design model can help craft courses and curricula to optimize instruction in performing medical procedures. Educators can use this as a guide to developing their own course instruction.
Keywords: Gagne’s Theory of Instruction; Instructional design model; Medical procedures; Percutaneous chest tube insertion