Teaching the affective domain in community-based medical education: A scoping review

Publication Date

5-3-2020

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Medical Teacher

Abstract

© 2020, © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Background: The affective domain is one of the essential areas in the assessment of the learning outcomes of medical students, apart from the cognitive and psychomotor domains. Community-based medical education (CBME) is a common instructional program for medical students in learning about these domains. However, preceptors and researchers pay less attention to the affective domain as compared to the other two learning domains. Aim: To describe the state of the literature on teaching the affective domain through CBME and to develop an initial model for instructional purposes. Methods: A scoping review of the literature was conducted. Out of the 971 references initially retrieved, 22 published references were selected. Relevant data from these references were extracted and analyzed through thematic analysis. Results and Conclusion: The various affective outcomes of CBME in the literature are commonly taught through role modelling and mentoring, providing opportunity to apply knowledge, and immersing in local organizations and communities. However, these teaching strategies will be optimized through a structured and rigorous process of reflection. Reflection is central to the learning experience of medical students, especially that affective outcomes are commonly less apparent. The findings of this review resulted to a proposed initial model in teaching the affective domain in CBME.

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507

Last Page

514

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