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1) List your earliest memory. What specifically stands out?
2) Discuss this memory with a partner. We will hear a sample.
Neurobiology Lessons:What Medical Educators
Need to Know
Garrett Meyers
MAJ, MC, USA
Objectives
• Explored five principles of neuroscience
important to education
• Experienced and listed a “toolkit” of
techniques harnessing each principle
Take-Home Points
• Education changes brains!
• Consider these changes when planning
learning sessions
• Use your toolbox of evidence-based
educational practices
Increasing reference availability reflects the growth of our knowledge.
Remember – the brain is an organ.
The brain has three major divisions.
The limbic system includes structures responsible for long-term memory storage.
The cerebral cortex is inextricably linked to the limbic system.
Information Processing Model
OUT
OUT
OUT
Sensory
Register
Immediate memory
Long-Term Storage
Working memory
STORING
RETRIEVING
Activity – IP Model
In your folders are information sheets with four primary roles for the Information processing Model. Each individual should take 2-3 minutes to read their role and prepare to discuss with your table.
1. Sensory Register2. Immediate memory3. Working memory4. Long-term Storage / Memory
The brain has > 1 billion neurons.
An increased number and strength of synaptic connections form when learning.
Memory is a dynamic process.
So What? - Activity
• Think-Pair-Share
– Using your handout, take a moment to rank
the five principles of neurobiology listed, in
order of their importance to your teaching
efforts.
– Discuss with a partner.
Five Principles for Education
Active Engagement
Attention
Short-Term Memory
Long-Term Memory
Stress
1) Active Engagement
Functional changes in neural circuitry occur best when the learner is actively engaged.
Active Engagement
Medical education is slowly changing.
Active Engagement
Team-Based Learning
Problem-Based Learning
Small Group Activities
Learners as Teachers
Simulation
Active Engagement
2) Attention
“Multitasking, when it comes to paying attention, is a myth.”- Dr. John Medina
After 10 minutes, audience attention steadily drops.
Attention
After 10 minutes, tell a story, show a video, have the learners do something.
Keep it relevant!
Attention
3) Short term memory
“______________ is the key
to adult learning.”
“Going deeper,” rather than touching on all information, results in deeper understanding and better retention.
Short-term
memory
4) Long-term memory
Memory is not fixed at the moment of learning.
Repetition, with appropriate spacing,
is the fixative.
Long-term
memory
OUT
Long-Term StorageWorking
memory
STORING
RETRIEVING
SENSE
MEANING
Take 1 minute to list potential strategies utilizing repetition.
Examples:- The “Ambassador” Activity
- Introduction, wrap-up
- “See one, do one, teach one”
- Recitation with different learner levels
5) Stress
Stress can generate molecular signals that
facilitate synaptic potentiation.
Moderation is key.
Stress
Five Principles for Education
Active Engagement
Attention
Short-Term Memory
Long-Term Memory
Stress
Other Principles
• Visualization
• Sensory Integration
• Individual Learning Styles
• Exercise
• Sleep / Fatigue
• Reward and Reinforcement
Commitment to Act
How will you incorporate these principles in your
teaching?
Take-Home Points
• Education changes brains!
• Consider these changes when planning
learning sessions
• Use your toolbox of evidence-based
educational practices
