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Learning to balance efficiency and innovation for optimal adaptive expertise.
Martin V Pusic1, Sally A Santen2, Michael Dekhtyar3
1a NYU School of Medicine , New York , NY , USA.
Medical Teacher
|August 10, 2018
Summary
Health professions education (HPE) must support adaptive experts who balance efficiency and innovation. Learning to optimally shift between routine and customized actions is key for continuous improvement in clinical practice.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Clinical Expertise
- Learning Sciences
Background:
- Continuous learning is essential for health professionals.
- Adaptive experts possess the capacity for ongoing practice improvement.
- Health professions education (HPE) must facilitate this development.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the learning process of becoming an adaptive expert.
- To examine the balance between efficiency and innovation in clinical practice.
- To understand the instructional implications for HPE.
Main Methods:
- Selective review of literature on adaptive expertise.
- Analysis of HPE examples at individual and organizational levels.
- Exploration of instructional strategies for balancing efficiency and innovation.
Main Results:
- Optimal learning transfer differs for efficient versus innovative practice.
- Adaptive expertise requires fluidly balancing efficiency and innovation.
- HPE must address the tension between routine and customized actions.
Conclusions:
- The efficiency-innovation tension is a persistent challenge in HPE.
- Instructional design must consider the need to shift between expert modes.
- Developing adaptive experts requires focused attention within HPE.
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