Additional Resources

In addition to the numerous resources and information provided in this handbook, we have developed a series of freely available resources.  These have been developed for contexts beyond health professions education and/or provide a summarised format of tools described in this handbook. These additional resources are listed below.

• Twelve tips for developing healthcare learners’ uncertainty tolerance:  This resource provides an overview of key elements for learners, educators and educational systems which support healthcare learners’ uncertainty tolerance development.  This resource also summarises key evidence related to these approaches.
• Preparing today’s learners for uncertainty (PDF, 658 KB) & Webinar (MyFuture): This resource supports primary and secondary school educators and caregivers in helping learners develop adaptive responses to uncertainty.  While older, this resource has both a webinar and a pamphlet for reference.
• Managing uncertainty in professional practice (Australian Institute of Family Studies): This collaborative resource can help those in healthcare practice to manage the uncertainty that can present in patient/client encounters.  This resource describes sources of uncertainty, adaptive responses to uncertainty as well as activities to engage to help the caregiving team learn adaptive strategies for managing uncertainty.
• Box 1 Recommendations for reflection on uncertainty in ‘I was uncertain, but I was acting on it’: A longitudinal qualitative study of medical students’ responses to uncertainty:  The box included in this paper provides recommendations for how health professions learners can engage in reflection on uncertainty
• Balancing Knowledge with Uncertainty Monash University Teach HQ webpage:  This webpage provides a broad overview of how uncertainty tolerance teaching practices can be integrated across diverse educational contexts and disciplines.