Learning Communities


Teaching and Learning Community

Chair: Toni Ungaretti, Johns Hopkins University

Description: The Teaching and Learning Community addresses research around teaching and learning including theoretical and practical applications. Examples include pedagogy, workplace learning, neurobiology, and skills acquisition.

Toni Ungaretti


Teaching and Learning Activities:
As you are thinking about proposals for the next annual meeting, think of how the experience of COVID and the emphasis on inclusion and equity relate to some of our previously brainstormed ideas:
•What are elements of effective teaching and learning that will be forever changed?
•What difference do trends in teaching and learning – PBL, TBL, the flipped classroom, etc. - make?
•Assessment – what are its strengths and liabilities? How can it be designed to improve programs with less intense procedures?
•What needs to be examined in the explosive growth of online teaching? How can teachers and learners be prepared to maximize online teaching effectiveness?
•How can connectedness and presence be made stronger in online teaching?
•What are common elements in T&L across the professions? What are the differences?

Health Professions Education Advanced Degree Programs (HPEADs) Activities:
Think about submitting proposals that address changes to adapt health professions education to a changing world, address inclusion and equity issues, or evaluate such programs and their impact. Suggest possible symposium ideas to share with potential collaborators in the community.

In closing, the community has the potential to be a vibrant support network. Please share your ideas to advance the work of the Teaching & Learning Community and/or the Research Group on Health Professions Education Advanced Degree Programs and/or to create more opportunities for connectedness.