Goal: The goal of this webinar is to help health sciences educators support student’s evolution from novice to expert learners while fostering the activation and integration of knowledge.

Description: This webinar explores the science of learning and discusses how key principles from this important discipline can help medical educators support students’ evolution from novice to expert learners. In particular, the difference between novice and expert learners will be explored and the importance of the development of robust mental schemas will be presented. Finally, the webinar will discuss pedagogical strategies that can help students activate their prior knowledge and then integrate new knowledge into mental schemas.

Objectives: By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Differentiate between novice and expert learners.
• Identify the relationship between mental schemas and clinical reasoning.
• Assess the importance of activating prior knowledge in the classroom and clinical settings.
• Describe pedagogical strategies that facilitate the activation of prior knowledge and the integration of new knowledge into mental schemas.
• Formulate how insights from the science of learning can be utilized by faculty to improve pedagogical practices and develop students’ clinical reasoning skills.

Access via Zoom: Presenter, Michael Minutello, Ph.D.

This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM