Derek Louey
banner
theoryenthusiast.bsky.social
Derek Louey
@theoryenthusiast.bsky.social
🇦🇺Emergency Physician/Educator/Scholar/Researcher = A scholarly BAFERD Clinician Educator researching "Relevance”
Pinned
Relevance is the:

Articulation of competence
Logic of clinical reasoning
Connections of teaching & learning
Evidence chain of assessment
Binding of clinical teams
Beacon for professional development & expertise
September 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Tying up loose ends

HPE research is increasingly addressing population gaps ranging from the learner's access to & experience of education to the community's access to & experience of healthcare

But do we have better theories to inform the concrete pedagogical steps to improving them together?
a person is tying the laces on a pair of black converse shoes
ALT: a person is tying the laces on a pair of black converse shoes
media.tenor.com
September 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It is useful to research the diversity of learner & patient experiences, the influence of power in discourses & decisions in HPE, and to prescribe fairer processes or procedures. But have we investigated stakeholder thought processes & motivations to ensure transparent debate?

imgflip.com/i/a07cng
Change My Mind
A Change My Mind meme. Caption your own images or memes with our Meme Generator.
imgflip.com
July 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Tim Wilkinson makes the provocative suggestion that a chaotic curriculum prepares learners better for the complexities of healthcare

#ANZAHPE2025
July 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
HPE research that is theory informed

#ANZAHPE2025
July 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Change management in HPE is wiggly

#ANZAHPE2025
July 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
If we suspect reduced effectiveness of burnt out clinicians, I wonder what is the impact of burnt out health professions educators? #ANZAHPE2025
July 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Lots of burnt out educators #ANZAHPE2025
July 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Getting real at #ANZAHPE2025
July 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Are generational differences in professionalism a myth?

#ANZAHPE2025
July 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
It's not that AI will forcible replace humans but that we will just allow it to happen #ANZAHPE2025
July 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Do clinicians have the same capacity to hallucinate and behave erratically like AI? #ANZAHPE2025
July 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Do competency frameworks serve as useful education models?

Learning and performance is not a pyramid, flower, or Venn diagram. How should we represent the complex and inter-related domains pertaining to competence, expertise, & the varied work of health professionals?
July 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The future of Health Professions Education scholarship
July 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
For more societal impact Health Professions Education Research needs better:
#Boyer #knowledgegaps #implementationscience
July 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Taxonomies of Learning
July 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
July 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Who is being served by HPE research?

The HPE literature is mostly a random collection of empirical observations with few theories to explain how they all fit together. Of the theories that do exist, many of them are too abstract & inaccessible to grass-roots educators.
July 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Education does not involve the teacher running ahead of the learner, but alongside them
July 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I am sad to hear that the @PapersPodcast produced their last episode this week.

Thanks for headlining some of the key conversations in our field. May these continue in the health professions education community with ongoing scholarly rigour.

@drjfrank @sherbino @LaraVarpio
July 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
A Theory of Mind?

AI technology has grown in leaps & bounds. What was first met with scepticism & resistance has turned into cautious acceptance & even unbridled enthusiasm. At first it was an amusing curiosity, now it's a serious tool.
July 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
In one way, out another

The biggest error we can make as educators is believing that teaching and learning only involves a cognitive transformation. It is possible to induce apparently complex behaviours that are not based on any thinking process.
July 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Medical education facts

Shame is not a sustainable motivator
Teaching & learning is not unidirectional
High stakes testing doesn't promote effective learning
Objective assessment is a unicorn
Competency & Expertise can't be separated
July 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Illusions of Cognition

We forget that simplistic responses to complex stimuli can still be explained by behaviouralism, and an entire education system can be based on this theory.
July 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The evolving meaning of Assessment validity

What do the tests mean? > Can we justify what we do with our tests? > Does testing produce the desire outcome?

@Midwest_MedPeds @chsto8
Validity in the Next Era of Assessment: Consequences, Social Impact, and Equity - PubMed
Validity has long held a venerated place in education, leading some authors to refer to it as the "sine qua non" or "cardinal virtue" of assessment. And yet, validity has not held a fixed meaning; rather it has shifted in its definition and scope over time. In this Eye Opener, the authors explore if …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
July 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM