Postdoctoral Dental Education

Select a Module Module 01: Professional Life-Long Learning Plan Module 02: Community Asset Mapping Module 03: Multidisciplinary Team Care

Professional Life-Long Learning Plan

Step 2: Linking Objectives with Learning Activities and Evaluation

Learning Strategies and Activities

The Professional Life-Long Learning Plan (PL3P) will include:

• Learning objectives of trainee (already entered in the system)
• The educational activities by which these objectives will be mastered
• Evaluation and/or documentation activities (evidence you kept)

To aid the development of your own PL3P you can refer to the table below. It contains suggested educational activities and evaluation methods for each type of learning objective. The table illustrates the way learning objectives, educational activities and evaluation/documentation methods are related and organized according to the three major domains.

To use the table select a type of learning objective you include in your PL3P, look for the educational activity that would facilitate obtaining the objective, and then look at the evaluation evaluation/documentation methods suggested for these. Select those that are feasible for you.

Learning Objectives	Educational Activities	Evaluation/Documentation
Cognitive Domain
Knowledge and understanding (e.g., information gathering, learning basic facts and concepts)	Lecture CME course Independence study of journals/ textbooks Seminar discussion	Papers, literature review, case-based presentation, handouts
Analysis, knowledge application, problem solving, critical thinking, Synthesis, and Evaluation	Seminars Small Groups Laboratories Practical experiences Case-based sessions	Papers, exemplary products, case presentations, portfolio, group team projects
Values/Affective Domain
Interpersonal and professional skills, receiving, responding, valuing, organization	Small groups Role Models Reflective Exercises	Papers, journals, self-assessment checklists or questioning, rating scales, elaborated homework assignments (e.g., videotaping, interviewing, participation in Internet professional forum discussions)
Skills/Psychomotor Domain
Clinical Skills including all observation, imitation, practice and adaptation	Laboratories Provision of dental care (including direct observation, supervision, and feedback)	Chart audits and patient records, documented case presentations (including before and after pictures, x-rays), products, portfolio, clinical evaluation checklists or rating scales

Here are some examples of learning activities that fit the objectives you have written. These examples correspond to the examples given in Step 1.

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