Beyond “Teach a Man to Fish”: Communal Meta-cognition as the Key to Sustainable Professional Development

Improvement in the quality of aid and development in a community requires a feedback loop within the community, known as “communal meta-cognition.” This is relevant to medical education in resource-poor countries and is illustrated with the author’s own surgical experience. The usual source of truth...

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Main Author:	Ken Foster
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Health for All Nations 2014-01-01
Series:	Christian Journal for Global Health
Subjects:	third world developing countries medical training medical professional development communal metacognition power distance
Online Access:	http://journal.cjgh.org/index.php/cjgh/article/view/12/59

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spelling	doaj-56f6c627258c4f4891c1d1cabb35d3692021-01-02T04:59:11ZengHealth for All NationsChristian Journal for Global Health2167-24152014-01-0111606310.15566/cjgh.v1i1.1212Beyond “Teach a Man to Fish”: Communal Meta-cognition as the Key to Sustainable Professional DevelopmentKen Foster0MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, CanadaImprovement in the quality of aid and development in a community requires a feedback loop within the community, known as “communal meta-cognition.” This is relevant to medical education in resource-poor countries and is illustrated with the author’s own surgical experience. The usual source of truth is unquestioned allegiance to established wisdom rather than the dynamic state that comes through the feedback loop of asking questions, most importantly of one’s self. Some elements of what this might look like in a medical education context are illustrated.http://journal.cjgh.org/index.php/cjgh/article/view/12/59third worlddeveloping countriesmedical trainingmedicalprofessional developmentcommunal metacognitionpower distance
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title	Beyond “Teach a Man to Fish”: Communal Meta-cognition as the Key to Sustainable Professional Development
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description	Improvement in the quality of aid and development in a community requires a feedback loop within the community, known as “communal meta-cognition.” This is relevant to medical education in resource-poor countries and is illustrated with the author’s own surgical experience. The usual source of truth is unquestioned allegiance to established wisdom rather than the dynamic state that comes through the feedback loop of asking questions, most importantly of one’s self. Some elements of what this might look like in a medical education context are illustrated.
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Beyond “Teach a Man to Fish”: Communal Meta-cognition as the Key to Sustainable Professional Development

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