Using Evidence-Based Learning Strategies to Improve Medical Education

Madan, Christopher R.

Abstract

Medical education research has been adopting principles from psychology to improve student learning. Here is an overview and illustrative examples of six evidence-based learning strategies that have been thoroughly researched and validated in the psychology literature: spacing, interleaving, retrieval practice, elaboration, dual coding, and concrete examples. For each of these, their use within medical education and considerations that may influence efficacy are discussed. Medical education researchers should collaborate more with psychology researchers in transdisciplinary teams to better implement these strategies and more directly benefit from advances made in the psychology literature.

Citation

Madan, C. R. (2023). Using Evidence-Based Learning Strategies to Improve Medical Education. Medical Science Educator, 33, 773-776. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-023-01798-9

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 28, 2023
• Online Publication Date: May 6, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023-06
• Deposit Date: May 16, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: May 17, 2023
• Journal: Medical Science Educator
• Electronic ISSN: 2156-8650
• Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 33
• Pages: 773-776
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-023-01798-9
• Keywords: Education; Medicine (miscellaneous)
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/20567066
• Publisher URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40670-023-01798-9
• Additional Information: Accepted: 28 April 2023; First Online: 6 May 2023; The author declares no competing interests.