Real-world experts co-facilitate design-mode Knowledge Building in a continuing medical education course in palliative care

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30557/QW000065

Keywords:

knowledge building, design-mode, co-facilitation, shared leadership, palliative care, continuing medical education

Abstract

Engaging real-world experts as partners in co-facilitation of collaborative Knowledge Building with students has been overlooked in educational research, yet it is an enriching way to elevate knowledge work beyond knowledge acquisition, for authentic, improvable impact on practice. Reflective  observational analysis, a novel method, indicates
that successful integration of real-world experts as co-facilitators in sustained Knowledge Building depends on distributed responsibility, shared leadership, and collective engagement in sociocognitive load.
Demands and time are substantive; benefits to facilitators are not always clear, initially. Cognitive collective responsibility elevated agency of belief-mode and design-mode Knowledge Building for improvement in palliative care practice.

Author Biographies

Lelia Rachel Lax (PhD), University of Toronto

Assistant Professor, Master of Science Program in Biomedical Communications & Senior Design Research Scientist

James Meuser (MD, CCFP, FCFP), University of Toronto

Associate Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto & Family Physician Practicing in Palliative Care, Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, Toronto, ON, Canada

Daphna Grossman (MD, CCFP, FCFP), University of Toronto

Associate Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto & Family Physician Practicing in Palliative Care, Freeman Centre for the Advancement of Palliative Care, North York General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

Paolo Mazzotta (MD, CCFP, FCFP), University of Toronto

Assistant Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto & Family Physician Practicing in Palliative Care, Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, Toronto, ON, Canada

Merna Wassef (MBchB, CCFP, FCFP), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Family Physician & Palliative Medicine Consultant, Clinical Associate, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

Anita Singh (MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP), Western University

Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University & Family Physician Practicing in Palliative Care, London Regional Cancer Program, London, ON, Canada

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Published

2023-06-10

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2023): Knowledge Building as New Perspective for Education

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Articles