Everyday Life Narratives
-KRIS BYRD
Very interesting insights.
What the hell is this about? The application for the 2013 entering class doesn’t even open until May 1st. When I did it, the primary applications could be submitted to schools at the beginning of June, but that might have changed.
I am also aware that it is only March.
But, like all large tasks,…
A simple technique dramatically improved the memory recall of Harvard Medical School students. Try it for yourself!
Turning a medical student into a doctor takes a whole lot of knowledge. B. Price Kerfoot, an associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, was frustrated at how much knowledge his students seemed to forget over the course of their education. He suspected this was because they engaged in what he calls “binge and purge” learning: They stuffed themselves full of facts and then spewed them out at test time. Research in cognitive science shows that this is a very poor way to retain information, as Kerfoot discovered when he went looking in the academic literature for answers. But he also stumbled upon a method that really is effective, called spaced repetition. Kerfoot devised a simple digital tool to make engaging in spaced repetition almost effortless. In more than two dozen studies published over the past five years, he has demonstrated that spaced repetition works, increasing knowledge retention by up to 50 percent. And Kerfoot’s method is easily adapted by anyone who needs to learn and remember, not just those pursuing MDs.
I’m really not sure about the reliability of the survey method… but at least those students are getting some early experience at getting screwed over by the sad financial state of healthcare reimbursement. :(
