ERI: Instruction & Curriculum Resources
Adult Learning at the Defense Systems Management College
A brief overview document of some basic principles of adult learning, with specific
orientation to leadership. A bibliography is included.
URL:http://www.dsmc.dsm.mil/epmc/adult.htm
Center for Problem-Based Learning Research and Communications
The Center is an arm of The Samford PBL Initiative, a project supported by The Pew
Charitable Trusts. With a focus on learning how PBL improves student learning and skill
development, the Center sponsors conferences and newsletters (PBL Insight) available in
PDF format. URL:http://www.samford.edu/pbl/pbl_main.html
Constructing Written Test Questions for Basic and Clinical Sciences
A manual, written by Susan Case and Dave Swanson of the NBME, was designed to help
faculty members write multiple choice questions of better quality. This excellent manual is
available free of charge, as a downloadable Adobe Acrobat document.
URL:http://www.nbme.org/about/itemwriting.asp
Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics
Documents, rating forms and other resources related to Pediatrics education. Categories
include Pediatric Training, Resources, Learning Resources, Clinical Pediatrics, Medical
Education, The Internet, Departments of Pediatrics, etc. Also has links to various listservs
and discussion groups.
URL:http://www.unmc.edu/Community/comsep/
IMC is the first integrated medical curriculum that links together the study of anatomy,
physiology, histology, pharmacology, immunology and medical ethics via the Internet. The
IMC features Gold Standard Multimedia's (GSM) highly regarded collection of medical
education titles online, with the added benefit of internal integration offering links to related
concepts between titles. URL:http://www.imc.gsm.com/
Maastricht Problem-Based Learning Site
This comprehensive page contains many links to web sites and pages concerning PBL.
The information is sorted into the following categories: Goals and general descriptions, Full
text literature, Discussion lists, Congresses, Cases, Libraries / Learning Resource
Centres, and PBL links. URL:http://www.unimaas.nl/pbl/
Malcolm Knowles: Apostle of Andragogy
The evolution of Knowles' theory of adult learning, called andragogy, is presented. The
technology is presented as a seven step process for adult educators.
URL:http://nlu.nl.edu/ace/Resources/Knowles.html
Managed Care Education Connection
Located at Partnerships for Quality Education, Harvard Medical School, the Managed Care Education Connection is a one-stop resource for health professionals teaching and learning about managed care.
The site is searchable, and contains curricula, competencies, and teaching cases.
URL:http://www.mceconnection.com/mce/
Managed Care On-Line Dictionary
This site links to an on-line dictionary of acronyms and definitions related to managed care.
A printable version is also available at this site.
URL:http://www.mcareol.com/inmcodic.htm
This site is a digital library of authoritative medical information for all students of medicine.
Categories of resources are: medical textbooks, patient simulations, patient education,
medline and electronic journals, CME and board exams, medical organizations and internet
medical directories. Very comprehensive! URL:http://medicalstudent.com/
National Teaching and Learning Forum
This on-line journal offers stimulating insights about new ways of helping students reach
the highest levels of learning. The journal contains articles as well as resources for
educators. URL:http://ntlf.com
Problem-based Learning Initiative
The PBLI is a group of teachers and researchers involved in PBL and involved faculty
educational development. The site has patient cases and a bibliography as well as
information about workshops and training. URL:http://www.pbli.org/
The Lizard (laser insights, zany alternatives and riveting dialogue on teaching and learning)
is published by the Teaching Effectiveness Program. It is an informal, conversational
information vehicle for interested instructors who want to explore and exchange thoughts
and ideas about teaching and learning.
URL:http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~tep/lizard/index.html
Theories into Practice Database
TIP is intended to make learning and instructional theory more accessible to educators. The
database contains brief summaries of 50 major theories of learning and instruction.
URL:http://www.gwu.edu/~tip/
University of Oregon Teaching Effectiveness Program
Online resources for improving instruction: Teaching with Technology, Classroom
Assessment, Troubleshooting Your Class.
URL:http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~tep/facdev/index.html