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Home Research Research Library Promoting Active Learning in Residency Didactic Sessions Promoting Active Learning in Residency Didactic Sessions 2021 Author(s) Zakrajsek, Todd, and Newton, Warren P Topic(s) Education & Training, and Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Cognitive Expertise, and Graduate Medical Education Volume Family Medicine Source Family Medicine In the early 1990s, a revolution began in the American higher educational system. The time had come to change the focus of education from teaching to learning. Instead of focusing on what was covered in a didactic session, such as grand rounds, a call emerged to shift the focus instead to the extent that learners actually learned. In theory, this shift would have been readily accepted by educators as a logical direction to pursue. In practice, however, moving educational practices in this direction has been an exceedingly difficult challenge. Changing practice is never easy. To move from teaching to learning, educators must think about teaching in a different way. This shift means moving from traditional lectures of content-laden material to instructional methods designed to draw learners directly into their own learning, and difficulty has been increased by the ubiquity of PowerPoint software. Succinctly stated by King in 1993, it involves moving “from sage on the stage to guide on the side.” Read More ABFM Research Read all 2020 Associations Between Medical Education Assessments and American Board of Family Medicine Certification Examination Score and Failure to Obtain Certification Go to Associations Between Medical Education Assessments and American Board of Family Medicine Certification Examination Score and Failure to Obtain Certification 1996 Creating Evolution Scenarios for Hybrid Systems Go to Creating Evolution Scenarios for Hybrid Systems 2010 American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) maintenance of certification: variations in self-assessment modules uptake within the 2006 cohort Go to American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) maintenance of certification: variations in self-assessment modules uptake within the 2006 cohort 2015 A to simplify moc for family physicians and make it more meaningful: a family medicine registry Go to A to simplify moc for family physicians and make it more meaningful: a family medicine registry
Author(s) Zakrajsek, Todd, and Newton, Warren P Topic(s) Education & Training, and Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Cognitive Expertise, and Graduate Medical Education Volume Family Medicine Source Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2020 Associations Between Medical Education Assessments and American Board of Family Medicine Certification Examination Score and Failure to Obtain Certification Go to Associations Between Medical Education Assessments and American Board of Family Medicine Certification Examination Score and Failure to Obtain Certification 1996 Creating Evolution Scenarios for Hybrid Systems Go to Creating Evolution Scenarios for Hybrid Systems 2010 American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) maintenance of certification: variations in self-assessment modules uptake within the 2006 cohort Go to American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) maintenance of certification: variations in self-assessment modules uptake within the 2006 cohort 2015 A to simplify moc for family physicians and make it more meaningful: a family medicine registry Go to A to simplify moc for family physicians and make it more meaningful: a family medicine registry
2020 Associations Between Medical Education Assessments and American Board of Family Medicine Certification Examination Score and Failure to Obtain Certification Go to Associations Between Medical Education Assessments and American Board of Family Medicine Certification Examination Score and Failure to Obtain Certification
1996 Creating Evolution Scenarios for Hybrid Systems Go to Creating Evolution Scenarios for Hybrid Systems
2010 American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) maintenance of certification: variations in self-assessment modules uptake within the 2006 cohort Go to American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) maintenance of certification: variations in self-assessment modules uptake within the 2006 cohort
2015 A to simplify moc for family physicians and make it more meaningful: a family medicine registry Go to A to simplify moc for family physicians and make it more meaningful: a family medicine registry