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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, MD Lesley Hamilton, MSOM, MACM February 25, 2012. Objectives. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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, MDLesley Hamilton, MSOM, MACMFebruary 25, 2012
Objectives
• Examine the neurobiology of learning and memory
• Explore the 7 principles most relevant to medical education
• Compile 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
Cognitive Belief System
Self-Image
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
OUT
OUT
OUT
Sensory
Register
Immediate memory
Long-Term Storage
Working memory
STORING
RETRIEVING
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
– Using your handout, take a moment to rank the seven principles of neurobiology listed, in order of their importance to your teaching efforts.
– We will poll for your results.
Seven Principles for Education
Active Engagement
Attention
Short-Term Memory
Long-Term Memory
Stress
Sensory Integration
Vision and Visualization
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
Board Activity #1
• With your table, use the sheets provided to list strategies that you have used or will use to harness the principle of 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
Board Activity #2
• With your table, use the sheets provided to list strategies that you have used or will use to harness the principles of attention and repetition.
5) Stress
Stress can generate molecular signals that
facilitate synaptic potentiation.
Moderation is key.
Stress
6) Sensory Integration
What do you think of when you see the word “orange?”
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How does the use of all the senses help in learning and developing
long-term memory?
Sensory Integration
7) Vision and Visualization
Visual cues, and even visualization, cause the firing of sets of “mirror neurons” in the premotor cortex.
Vision / Visualization
Board Activity #3
• With your table, use the sheets provided to list strategies that you have used or will use to harness the principles of stress, sensory integration, and visualization.
Seven Principles for Education
Active Engagement
Attention
Short-Term Memory
Long-Term Memory
Stress
Sensory Integration
Vision and Visualization
Other Principles
• Exercise
• Sleep / Fatigue
Inside its bony castle, the brain needs movement!
Sleep is instrumental in moving learning into memory.
What year was the first recorded use in English of the color name orange?
Take-Home Points
• Education changes brains!• Consider these changes when planning
learning sessions• Use your toolbox of evidence-based
educational practices
Commitment to Act
How will you incorporate these principles in your teaching?
• Your feedback is important to us!
