Learning Theory for Health Professions Educators (420-1-1)

Instructors

Patricia Garcia

Meeting Info

TBA: TBA

Overview of class

The goal of this course is for health professions educators to use the neuroscience of learning and adult learning theory to optimize learning outcomes and professional development for students at all levels across the various fields of health professions education. We will explore and compare various learning theories and principles important to medical education and identify how neuroscience informs them. Learning strategies, approaches and practices that do and do not align with these important theories and principles will be analyzed and discussed along with the evidence which supports their use. As the course progresses, students will be challenged to identify the presence and/or absence of evidence-based theories and strategies in their specific work and learning environments. Students will use neuroscience-informed theories, principles and strategies to critique and improve their curriculum plans that were produced in the Curriculum Development for HPE course.