Continuous Adult Learning

1. Continuous Adult Learning Robert K. Schneider, MD Departments of Psychiatry, Internal Medicine and Family Practice The Medical College of Virginia at the Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia

2. Continuous Adult Learning • Continuous • Information that influences regular behaviors • NOT short term learning(cramming for tests) • Half-life of information is short • Adult • “Can’t teach old dogs new tricks” • Windows of learning • Learning • Information and Evidence • Skills and Behaviors

4. Active Learning • Uncomfortable • Self Assessment • Individual Learning Plan • Multimodal/Multisensory Learning • Passive Learning • Comfortable • External Assessment • External Requirements • Lectures/Highly Structured CME

5. Passive Learning

6. Active Learning

7. Why bother? • You’re going to spend the time anyway? • It’s good for your patients • It’s fun …well most of the time

8. Goals for this morning • Don’t drool • Individualized Learning Plan • Teachers • YODAs • Coach-Mentors • Personal Libraries

9. Individualized Learning Plan • Self Assessment • Conscious Incompetence • Unconscious Incompetence • Resource Assessment • Written (paper vs eletronic) • Conferences

10. Self Assessment • Conscious Incompetence • Patient question • Clinical problem • Unconscious Incompetence • Written assessment: MKSAP • Evaluations • Observed examinations

11. Resource Assessment • Written (paper vs eletronic) • Paper: textbooks, journals • Electronic: Internet, CD ROMs • Conferences • Local, State, National • General vs. Specialized

12. Teachers • YODAs • Coach-Mentors

14. Your Own Data Analyst • YODAs • Evidence in the literature is complex • Filtering through it is difficult • Find someone who has already done this • Usually a specialist or someone with that area of interest

15. Coach-Mentors

16. Coach-Mentors • Peers/Colleagues • Journal Clubs • “Peer supervision” • Senior Leaders • Senior partner in a group • Author of an article • Teacher/Educators • Program directors • Supervisors • Project partners

17. Personal Libraries • Organizational Matrix • Needs • Use of information • Type of information • Format • Paper • Electronic

18. Schneider’s Library