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The Master Adaptive Learner. Edition No. 2. The AMA MedEd Innovation Series

  • Book

  • December 2026
  • Elsevier Health Science
  • ID: 6252721
Preparing today's medical students, residents, and practicing physicians for careers in the changing health care system requires more than clinical skills. Faculty must help medical students develop skills in adaptive learning so that tomorrow’s physicians are those who continually learn, adjust, and innovate as new information and best practices evolve. Part of the AMA MedEd Innovation Series, The Master Adaptive Learner, 2nd Edition, is an instructor-focused guide covering models for how to train and teach future clinicians who need to develop these adaptive skills and utilize them throughout their careers. This fully revised edition reflects recent changes in this growing field with more evidence-based content, new pedagogical features, and new coverage of practical application methodology throughout.
  • Explains and clarifies the concept of a Master Adaptive Learner: a metacognitive approach to learning based on self-regulation that fosters the success and use of adaptive expertise in practice
  • Contains both theoretical and practical material for instructors and administrators, including guidance on how to implement a Master Adaptive Learner approach in today’s institutions
  • Features an expanded collection of case studies of educational experiences illustrating effective strategies used to cultivate adaptive expertise and frameworks for practical implementation in both UME and GME
  • Provides evidence-based examples for creating learning environments which promote the development of master adaptive learners
  • Explores the role and integration of AI to augment in the learning process
  • Includes new learning objectives in each chapter and a new glossary of terms
  • Helps medical faculty and instructors address gaps in physician training and prepare new doctors to practice effectively in 21st century healthcare systems
  • An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

Table of Contents

1. Who is MAL?
2. Master Adaptive Learner Conceptual Model
3. Adaptive Expertise
4. MAL Batteries
5. Cognitive Processes
6. Self-Assessment
7. MAL and Assessment
8. Academic Coaching
9. MAL and the Classroom
10. MAL at the Bedside
11. MAL and the Clinical Learning Environment
12. MAL and Coaching
13. MAL and Remediation
14. MAL and Leadership Development
15. MAL and HSS
16. Expertise Development

Authors

William Cutrer Martin Pusic Jeremy Branzetti Maya M. Hammoud Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School; Senior Adviser, Medical Education Innovation American Medical Association. Maya Hammoud, MD, MBA, is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Professor of Medical Education at the University of Michigan Medical School, and the AMA's special adviser on medical education innovation. She is a fellow ACOG and past president of the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO). Maria Mylopoulos Sally A. Santen Assistant Dean, Educational Research & Quality Improvement;
Associate Chair, Education, Department of Emergency Medicine
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM.