#ConceptFormation
The case against a Flexnerian curriculum. Linking concepts have to be closely temporally related.

#MedEd #conceptformation #availableconcept #latentconcept #hiddenconcept #foreignconcept #BloomsTaxonomy #knowing #understanding #applying #analysing #evaluating #creating
July 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The key to effective teaching.

Teach just ONE fundamental idea and then spend the rest of the time providing the learners activities and puzzles to explore all the different ways it can be connected and applied.

#MedEd #scaffolding #elaboration #CGT #conceptformation
July 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
If you stick to the fundamental principles of effective learning should most things work?

#MedEd #cognitivescience #scaffolding #conceptformation #conceptmapping #connectionism #constructionism #socialconstructivism #ZPD #CLT #SDT #learningstrategy
July 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
July 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A proposition

Fragmented knowledge and meanings in #UME leads to fragmented #GME leading to fragmented #healthcare

#conceptformation #curriculumintegration #relevance #corecompetencies #MedEd
July 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
#Metacognition

What would be education like if learners and teachers reflected on why they remember some things better than others and applied that to their lives. #learningstrategies #conceptformation #constructivism #constructionism #connectivism #connectionism #reflection
July 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Where do you get the basic tools and materials before you even start building? #learning #MedEd #constructivism #scaffolding #schema #organisingprinciples #conceptformation #exemplars #prototypes

@sherbino @drjfrank @LSchuwirth @EfratFurst @doctorkul
Constructivism is a theory of learning, not a theory of pedagogy. Neuroscience explains why this is important
A successful theory of learning does not imply a particular pedagogical approach.
go.nature.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM