Applying Learning Theories into Medical Education

Theory Basis Application Skinner’s Operant conditioning   This theory comes under the paradigms of behavior and its based on the idea that behaviors that are reinforced will continue, but behaviors that are followed by punishment will end. This theory proposed the concept of operant conditioning, which makes an attempt to change behavior by using positive …

Medical Professionalism and Culturally Sensitive Issues

What does medical professionalism mean to you in the context of a doctor? How does the culture affect medical professionalism? How can we teach culturally sensitive issues to our medical undergraduate students? Truth be told, two years ago I was unaware of professionalism. I remember back in the first year of MBBS, during the white …

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