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Res Dev Med Educ. 2019;8(2): 69-74.
doi: 10.15171/rdme.2019.014
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Facilitating student learning: An instructional design perspective for health professions educators

Babu Noushad 1* ORCID logo, Faraz Khurshid 2 ORCID logo

1 College of Health Sciences, University of Buraimi, Sultanate of Oman
2 Medical Education Unit, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown Campus, New South Wales, Australia
*Corresponding Author: Email: noushadoptom@gmail.com

Abstract

Learning in any context involves acquisition, storage and utilization of information by the human memory system. Teaching and learning in health professions is a complex process since it demands learners interact with a number of novel information and concepts and critically analyze them to make important clinical decisions. Therefore, it is imperative for Instructional designers and instructors in health professions education to optimize learning content by considering the characteristics of memory and learning processes of students. This review explores stages of the human memory system, the process of learning, the various types of cognitive loads a learner experiences while learning, and the implications of these factors on instructional designs on the basis of a fairly new theory in educational psychology – the Cognitive Load Theory (CLT). By analyzing the unique features of the processing, storage and retrieval of information by human memory system, this article advocates for health professional educators to plan and design instructional strategies that facilitate student learning.
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Submitted: 07 Aug 2019
Revision: 21 Sep 2019
Accepted: 22 Sep 2019
ePublished: 30 Dec 2019
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