Clinical Educators Faculty Development Module (On-Demand)-Training Clinicians Starts On Day One

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Pete Bitty welcomes attendees to the 2023 Annual Clinical Educators Conference and explains that “training clinicians starts on day one of medical school.” He outlines how PCOM prepares students from M1 through M4 so preceptors understand the foundation students bring into clinical rotations.<br /><br />The talk reviews key educational theories: behaviorist learning for drilled, reflexive responses in emergencies; cognitivist learning for reasoning and problem-solving; and sociocultural/apprenticeship learning, where tools, language, and teamwork support patient-centered care. He then describes adult development stages—from self-sovereign to self-transforming—to show that students learn and interpret expectations differently depending on their developmental stage.<br /><br />Bitty also introduces adult learning concepts such as margin, andragogy, and Kolb-style learning cycles, emphasizing that learners benefit from concrete experience, reflection, conceptualization, and experimentation. He argues that active learning is more effective than passive lecture-based instruction.<br /><br />He then explains PCOM’s curriculum, including foundational sciences in M1, system-based clinical integration in M2, and weekly experiences in primary care skills, OMM, interprofessional education, wellness, and simulation. He concludes by connecting this training to Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs), showing how common clinical tasks map to core competencies and prepare students for residency.

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Keywords

clinical education

medical school curriculum

educational theories

adult learning

behaviorist learning

cognitivist learning

sociocultural learning

entrustable professional activities

interprofessional education