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Medical Model Comments

• “I want to raise a question about the use of medical models/examples within the current paper. While I understand that medicine is useful in understanding evidence-based research, it is also troubling that it appears to be just about the only other discipline discussed in explicating what "evidence-based" means. As we continue to work on the content that is relevant to adult education, I hope we can find other fields from which to draw upon in framing examples and models for our own use.” [Message 9, Part One]

• The medical model language, used by the DOE’s Institute, is problematic. There are more differences than similarities in our fields of research and expected outcomes. Ramifications of trying to adopt a medical model are a concern. [Message 12, Part One]

• “1) The medical model is not by itself perfect 2) The most current information should be used as content 3) The process should be continuously monitored by outsiders not wedded to a particular theory, and by skeptics” [Message 38, Part One]