Professional Development and Scholarly Activity Weeks to Enhance the Master Adaptive Learner and Foster Future Educators

TL;DR

A medical school uses dedicated weeks to help students become better adaptive learners and future educators.

Contribution

Introducing structured weeks focused on professional development and scholarly activity to cultivate adaptive learning skills.

Findings

Designated weeks helped integrate metacognitive learning into the curriculum.

The approach supports students in becoming educators with adaptive expertise.

Abstract

One osteopathic medical school designated 4 weeks per year in the first-year curriculum to Professional Development and Scholarly Activity. The aim of these weeks is to foster the development of Master Adaptive Learners. This metacognitive learning theory promotes adaptive expertise which supports students as educators in a variety of settings.