Intellectual Candor: Helping Students and Teachers Tolerate Uncertainty

The Fika Crew invites Michelle D. Lazarus, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Anatomy and Developmental Biology at Monash University and Author of The Uncertainty Effect: How to Survive and Thrive Through the Unexpected - to talk about tolerance of uncertainty.  Our lives are filled with uncertainty.  Healthcare decisions are filled with uncertainty.  The outcomes of our teaching are uncertain.  With empathetic support, intellectual candor, and a psychologically safe environment, we can model the way to being OK with uncertainty.

Get the Transcript!  Pharmacy Fika - Epidose 16 - Tolerance of Uncertainty

• Introductions and Fika Sharing from 0:00 to 2:35
• Our Conversation about Tolerance of Uncertainty starts at 2:36

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Resources

Lazarus M. The Uncertainty Effect:  How to Survive and Thrive through the Unexpected.  Melbourne; Monash University Press, 2023.  Available in Australia, the UK (Amazon UK or Waterstones), & the USA (Amazon US or Barnes & Noble)

Molloy E, Bearman M.  Embracing the tension between vulnerability and credibility: 'intellectual candour' in health professions education.  Med Educ 2019; 53 (1): 32-41.

Bar-Anan Y, Wilson TD, and Gilbert DT. The Feeling of Uncertainty Intensifies Affective Reactions. Emotion 2009; 9(1): 123-127

Kurtz JL, Wilson TD, and Gilbert DT. Quantity versus uncertainty: When winning one prize is better than winning two. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 2007; 43 (6): 979-985.

Pe'er G, Mihoub J, Dislich C, Matsinos YG.  Towards a different attitude to uncertainty.  Nature Conservation 2014; 8: 95-114.

Doby D.  The Practice | Wonder (Poem). In: I Am Her Tribe.  Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2018.

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