Abstract
How can the field of adult education inform health professions education (HPE)? This article discusses the need for expanding HPE to incorporate adult learning, adult teaching, and adult development. Health professions education is a broad term with two different meanings. First, the term refers to prelicensure programs that prepare individuals to function as professionals in one of the health professions, such as medicine or nursing. Second, it refers to master’s degree, doctoral degree, or certificate programs that prepare professionals who are already licensed (e.g., physicians or nurses) to be educators. In this article, we refer to HPE as the preparation of health professionals to be educators.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Mapping the Field of Adult and Continuing Education |
| Subtitle of host publication | An International Compendium: Volume 2: Teaching and Learning |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Pages | 229-232 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781000976120 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781620365281 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2023 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Health professions education
- Medical education
- Nursing education