Focus
Upcoming
Monday, September 23
Medical Education Symposium:
How the Brain Learns: Implications for Medical Education from the Neurosciences and Cognitive Theory
Presenters:
Elizabeth Gould, Princeton University
Charles Czeisler, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Daniel Schacter, Harvard University
Robert Stickgold, Harvard Medical School
Carl Walter Amphitheater
Tosteson Medical Education Center
Harvard Medical School
2:00-6:00 p.m.
Findings from neuroscience and cognitive psychology together have implications for medical training, widely recognized as an intense, stressful experience. The work of these four renowned scientists, including both brain research and cognitive psychology, focuses on learning in normal humans. The symposium includes formal presentations as well as discussions about the relationship between research on learning and how medical training is, or should be, conducted.
This event is sponsored by the Office of Educational Development, Program in Medical Education, and the Academy at Harvard Medical School.