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Preparing Learners for Uncertainty in Health Professions: A Handbook for Educators

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Reviewed:: Nov 19, 2025 by Health Sciences

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Overview:

This book fills a critical gap in existing healthcare education resources by raising healthcare professionals' and healthcare educators’ awareness of uncertainty tolerance. This handbook explores the impact health professions education (and educators) can have on the future healthcare workforce’s ability to manage uncertainty effectively, and provides practical approaches (including exemplar curricular templates) for supporting this essential workplace-ready, transferable attribute.

Type of Material:

Open (Access) Textbook

Recommended Uses:

Resource text for educators
Reference book for educators or professionals
The book can be used for in-class or homework activities, including self-paced learning, and educators can use it to apply learning theory.

Technical Requirements:

Internet access
Web browser

Identify Major Learning Goals:

After using the book, the learner can outline ways to handle uncertainty in the healthcare environment.
Each chapter has three specific learner objectives

Target Student Population:

Graduate School, Professional

Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

Many chapters are specific for disciplines like nursing or occupational therapy.
Undergraduate healthcare courses

Content Quality

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Strengths:

Content is well described and appropriately detailed with a consistent format. Content is well supported through references and activities that are well designed.
Content is of good quality with active learning incorporated.

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

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Teaching - learning objectives/goals identified at the start of each chapter with content that is aligned with activities, such as quizzes, fill in the blank, case studies, for learners to measure understanding.
The last set of chapters outline suggested activities for a number of healthcare disciplines.
The book promotes understanding of information from a perspective in Australia.

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

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The textbook site is found to be in excellent working order.
There is consistent and organized layout of material.
Links to outside resources, videos, and self-grading quizzes are in good working order.
The software is very robust.
Hierarchical headings are set up for screen readers.
Images have alt text.
Text is selectable.

Other Issues and Comments:

Page numbers might add to the book's effectiveness.

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