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Schmidt, Henk G.; Mamede, Silvia – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2020
In this article, the contributions of cognitive psychology to research and development of medical education are assessed. The cognitive psychology of learning consists of activation of prior knowledge while processing new information and elaboration on the resulting new knowledge to facilitate storing in long-term memory. This process is limited…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Medical Education, Educational Research, Educational Change
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Wiers, Reinout W.; van de Wiel, Margaretha W. J.; Sa, Henrique L. C.; Mamede, Silvia; Tomaz, Jose Batista; Schmidt, Henk G. – Medical Teacher, 2002
Presents a general approach to curriculum design in the context of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and proposes ten general steps for the process. Considers prior knowledge, skills, misconceptions, educational organization, curriculum management, and evaluation procedures. (Contains 24 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Medical Education, Problem Based Learning
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de Grave, Willem S.; Schmidt, Henk G.; Boshuizen, Henny P. A. – Instructional Science, 2001
Describes a study of first-year medical students that tested the effects of problem-based tutorial group discussion on learning new information from a text. Highlights include effects of small-group instruction on cognition; randomized experimental and control groups; recall; and results that showed the positive effects of problem-based group…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Group Discussion