Medical Education From a Theory–Practice–Philosophy Perspective

Medical schooling, at least as structured in the United States and Canada, is commonly assembled intuitively or empirically to meet concrete goals. Despite a long history of scholarship in educational theory to address how people learn, this is rarely examined during medical curriculum design. We provide a historical perspective on educational theory-practice-philosophy and a tool to aid faculty in learning how to identify and use theory-practice-philosophy for the design of curriculum and instruction.