This book is an introduction to TBL for health profession educators.The book provides readers with models and guidance on everything they need to know about team formation and maintenance; peer feedback and evaluation processes, and facilitation; and includes a directory of tools and resources.

Foreword-Diane M. Billings Preface-L. Dee Fink and Dean X. Parmelee; PART ONE. FUNDAMENTALS 1. Team-Based Learning in Health Professions Education. Why Is It a Good Fit?-Dean X. Parmelee 2. Fundamental Principles and Practices of Team-Based Learning-Larry K. Michaelsen and Michael Sweet 3. Creating Effective Team Assignments-Larry K. Michaelsen and Michael Sweet 4. Improving Critical Thinking Skills in the Medical Professional with Team-Based Learning-Herb F. Janssen, N. P. Skeen, John Bell, and William Bradshaw 5. An Educational Rationale for the Use of Team-Based Learning. Didactic vs. Dialectic Teaching-Herb F. Janssen, N. P. Skeen, R. C. Schutt, and Kathryn K. McMahon 6. Team Formation-Kathryn K. McMahon 7. Team Maintenance-John W. Pelley and Kathryn K. McMahon 8. Facilitator Skills-John W. Pelley and Kathryn K. McMahon 9. Peer Evaluation in Team-Based Learning-Ruth Levine 10. Research and Scholarship. Team-Based Learning in Health Professions Education-Paul Haidet, Virginia Schneider, and Gary M. Onady PART TWO. VOICES OF EXPERIENCE 11. Team-Based Learning in the Pre-Medical Curriculum. Genetics-Dorothy B. Engle 12. Team-Based Learning in an Introductory Biochemistry Class. A First-Time User's Perspective-Teresa A. Garrett 13. Using Team-Based Learning as a Substitute for Lectures in a Required Undergraduate Nursing Course-Michele C. Clark 14. Team-Based Learning in a Physicians Assistant Program-Bob Philpot 15. The Use of Reading Assignments and Learning Issues as an Alternative to Anatomy Lectures in a Team-Based Learning Curriculum-Nagaswami S. Vasan and David O. DeFouw 16. Team-Based Learning in Sport and Exercise Psychology. Case Studies and Concept Maps as Application Exercises-Karla A. Kubitz 17. Team-Based Learning in a Psychiatry Clerkship-Cheryl S. Al-Mateen 18. Reinvigorating a Residency Program Through Team-Based Learning. The Experience of a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Program-Michael Petty and Kevin M. Means Tools and Resources