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Laura K Snydman LK, Memari M, Puri A, et al. The master adaptive clinician educator: A framework for future educational leaders in academic medicine. J Gen Intern Med. 2024;40(4):927–932. doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-09199-3.

Abstract

Medical education continues to evolve with technologic advances, cultural changes, and progress in the application of learning theories. One example is Cutrer’s concept of the Master Adaptive Learner (MAL), where the trainee self-directs learning and innovates to maintain a level of expertise in a domain. We suggest that this concept can be applied alongside ideas of adaptive and teacher expertise to represent the medical educator of the future—the Master Adaptive Clinician Educator (MACE). The MACE is a clinician-educator leader who has specific medical education training, actively engages in ongoing education-focused skills development, and creates innovative approaches to teaching. The MACE reflects and continuously develops an educational toolbox, applies lessons from learning theories, and appropriately adapts to various learning environments. In this manuscript, we build upon recent publications outlining roles and competencies of clinician-educators by applying the MAL model; we propose a dynamic, adaptable, and well-trained expert educator who is best poised to lead future generations of medical trainees. We challenge institutional leaders and national societies to take the lead in creating structures to support the growth and promotion of MACEs with the goal of positively reshaping medical education and the clinician educator.

 

Questions

  1. How would you explain the difference between a traditional clinician-educator and a Master Adaptive Clinician Educator (MACE) in your own words?
  2. The article emphasizes growth mindset and adaptive expertise. What makes it easier, or harder, for busy teaching clinicians to approach teaching as a skill set that requires continuous improvement?
  3. What is one change your program or institution could make to better support adaptive clinician-educators?

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met erfigure replied on

@melon playground Medical education continues to evolve in response to technological advances, cultural shifts, and the application of modern learning theories. One example is Cutrer’s concept of the Master Adaptive Learner (MAL), in which trainees take charge of their own learning and innovate to maintain expertise within a given domain.

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Mitchell Reese replied on

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