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  • Medical Education
  • Higher Education Pedagogy

Background:

  • Traditional medical education often prioritizes competencies over capability.
  • Capability, the ability to apply competencies in new contexts, is crucial for navigating complex medical environments.
  • Developing "capable learners" is a key challenge for medical educators.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the heutagogical approach in higher education, particularly within medical schools.
  • To examine the application of heutagogy in Problem-based Learning (PBL).
  • To identify challenges in integrating heutagogy into undergraduate medical curricula.

Main Methods:

  • Review of current higher education practices emphasizing heutagogy.
  • Analysis of heutagogy's relevance to Problem-based Learning.
  • Discussion of implementation challenges in medical education.

Main Results:

  • Heutagogy places learning control with the student, with the educator acting as a navigator.
  • Social media can support learner autonomy and cognitive engagement.
  • Learner autonomy is linked to improved cognitive engagement and capability development.

Conclusions:

  • Heutagogy is a promising approach for developing capable medical learners.
  • Integrating heutagogy requires addressing curriculum challenges.
  • Social media can be a valuable tool to foster heutagogical learning environments.