Butler – Multiple-Choice Testing in Education: Are the Best Practices for Assessment Also Good for Learning?
There is substantial agreement in how best to construct and use multiple-choice tests for both learning and assessment.
Cook – Professional Development Perceptions and Practices Among U.S. Physicians: A Cross-Specialty National Survey
Physicians feel confident in identifying their own learning needs, perceive knowledge/skills as their top priority, and desire more credit for learning in practice.
Cook – Educational Technologies for Physician Continuous Professional Development: A National Survey
Practicing physicians generally seem receptive and prepared to use a variety of educational technologies, regardless of age.
Cook – Factors Influencing Physicians’ Selection of Continuous Professional Development Activities: A Cross-Specialty National Survey
Understand what influences physicians’ decisions about participation in continuous professional development (CPD) activities.
Cook – Motivation to learn: an overview of contemporary theories
Summarise five contemporary theories about motivation to learn and articulate key intersections and distinctions among these theories.
Wolcott – A review to characterize and map the growth mindset theory in health professions education
Researchers are encouraged to explore how interventions such as teaching about and prioritizing a growth mindset can support learners.
Pueschel – Achieving grit through the growth mindset
This paper describes an experiential learning module to prime students for achieving grit through growth mindset.
Ferguson – Continuing Medical Education Speakers with High Evaluation Scores Use more Image-based Slides
This is the first published study to date assessing the linkage between slide design and CME speaker evaluations by an audience of practicing clinicians.
Mayer – Nine Ways to Reduce Cognitive Load in Multimedia Learning
Overall, our analysis shows that cognitive load is a central consideration in the design of multimedia instruction.
Mayer – Applying the science of learning to medical educationMayer – Evidence-Based Principles for How to Design Effective Instructional Videos
This article examines evidence-based principles for how to design effective instructional videos and shows how they are grounded in cognitive theories of learning and instruction.
