[18] No pain, no gain: The importance of desirable difficulty in medical education

Description:
In this episode of KeyLIME+, Adam speaks with educational psychologist Anique de Bruin, exploring the concept of desirable difficulty in medical education. They discuss how well-designed challenging learning conditions can enhance long-term learning and knowledge transfer, despite the initial struggles that learners might face. The conversation delves into practical techniques such as retrieval practice and interleaved practice, the importance of self-regulated learning, and the new S2D2 framework. They also touch on the paradox of procrastination and its potential benefits, as well as the unique challenges of learning in clinical settings.

Length of episode: 37:00 minutes

Resources:

Make it stick: The science of successful learning by Peter C Brown, Henry L Roediger III, Mark A McDaniel 1st edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014.

Worth the Effort: the Start and Stick to Desirable Difficulties (S2D2) Framework | Educational Psychology Review

Resources to check out:  

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10648-024-09852-7.pdf

Study Smart - Study Smart

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211368120300279

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211368120300590

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10459-022-10149-z

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