Improving Primary Healthcare Education through lessons from a flock of birds

The fourth fact is that, during flight, individual birds may face a problem (e.g., tiredness, malnutrition, etc.) and exit the formation without ever returning to it1. These birds never reach their destination and may even perish due to lack of resources. Learning from this, healthcare educators should understand that they are facilitators of learning for their students, and need to adjust to their reality on any given day13. Furthermore, adult learners tend to learn not according to the discipline of subjects for a possible but distant problem, but rather according to their immediate problem-solving needs13. Therefore, to better facilitate the students’ learning, educators should offer them practical knowledge that will help them overcome short-term problems and optimise their thinking process rather than replace it13. This means that in a complex world of so much knowledge, educators need to set a direction and create an environment where learners can take what they want and need, and build resourcefulness. In an effort to create such environment, educators should try to incorporate the voices of people with lived experience, their own knowledge/experience, what is available online, and the needs and competences of the learners into their lessons.

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