Active learning for fellows: The hematopathology "unknown case". Issue 4 (23rd January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Aziz‐Bose, Rahela; Wertheim, Gerald; Kersun, Leslie
• Is Part Of: Pediatric blood & cancer. Volume 68:Issue 4(2021)
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• Publication Date: 2021-01-23
• Subjects: active learning -- adult learning theory -- fellowship -- hematopathology -- medical education; Tumors in children -- Periodicals; Blood -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Cancer in children -- Periodicals; 618.92
• DOI: 10.1002/pbc.28895
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1545-5009

Abstract

Abstract: The pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship program at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia set out to create a case‐based learning curriculum for common hematologic malignancies that would apply principles of adult learning theory and improve fellows' retention of information in a supportive, goal‐oriented learning environment. A framework we employed in developing this curriculum is that of "flow theory, " which parallels many of the tenets of adult learning theory. After implementing this curriculum, which we call "the unknown case, " the percentage of fellows correctly identifying a common hematopathologic diagnosis improved from 50% to 85%.