11/4/24 - Teaching for Retention: Applying the Science of Learning to Everyday Teaching
Monday, 11/4/24
5:30-7:00 pm
222 Richmond Street, Room 280
Refreshments will be provided
We spend much of our time teaching learners, but how successful are we in actually making sure that our learners are learning what we teach? The science of learning has clarified best practices for teachers to help what we teach our learners “stick”. This workshop will address the strategies that are evidence based for enhancing the retention of learning. The goal of these strategies is to move learning from short term memory into long term memory so it is more easily accessed. This reduces the cognitive load for our learners and allows learners to build a more robust scaffolding of knowledge that facilitates ongoing learning. The strategies that will be discussed include: retrieval practice (deliberate attention to making learners recall information previously acquired) ; elaboration (explaining the why) ; generation (forcing an educated guess) ; spacing (teaching over time is more effective than massed learning) ; and interleaving (comparing and contrasting different but related concepts). Each concept will be introduced and participants will have the opportunity to develop strategies to implement these concepts in their own learning.
Target Audience
This session is open to all faculty, staff and trainees.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
- List the evidence based teaching strategies that facilitate retention of learning
- Identify ways that these strategies can be used in their everyday teaching
Refreshments will be provided.
SPEAKERS:
Sarah Freeman, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator
Warren Alpert Mecial School of Brown University
Providence, RI
Meghan Geary, MD
Assistant Professor of Medical Science, Clinician Educator
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Providence, RI
Melissa McNeil, MD
Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Providence, RI
Planning Committee
Katherine E. Mason, MD
Assistant Dean, Faculty Professional Development
Professor of Pediatrics
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Vice Chair of Pediatric Education
Pediatric Intensivist
Hasbro Children's Hospital, Division of Pediatric Critical Care
Providence, RI
Chelsea Reyes
Coordinator, AMS Office of Faculty Professional Development
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Jennifer Maloney
Assistant Director, CME Accreditation and Special Projects
Brown Office of Continuing Medical Education
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Maria Sullivan
Director, Brown Office of Continuing Medical Education
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is accredited by the Accreditation Council of Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Physicians: The Warren Alpert Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Available Credit
- 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 1.50 AttendanceParticipants will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this program is designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. This credit is accepted by the AAPA and AANP.