title: Self-regulated learning: why is it important compared to traditional learning in medical education?
abstract: Self-regulated learning has played an increasingly significant role in medical education over the last one to two decades. Medical educators have endeavored to ensure that the students are equipped to face the challenges of continued growth of medical knowledge. Here we enquire and reflect on various aspects of self-regulated learning including its strengths and weaknesses. We investigate how it could be incorporated with traditional teaching to bring the best out of the students and what students think about it.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Logan Hospital, Brisbane.
authors.forename: Manjunath
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siddaiah-Subramanya
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Townsville Hospital, Townsville, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Masimba
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nyandowe
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Townsville Hospital, Townsville, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Zubair
keywords: self-instructing; self-regulated learning; traditional teaching and medical education