The Secrets of Successful Curriculum Design: Putting the Learner at the Center of Instruction
Sponsored by The Donoho Academy of Clinical and Educational Scholars
October 27, 2016
Continuing its support of the new LEARN Curriculum, The Stony Brook School of Medicine hosted a half-day retreat on student-centered learning, Thursday, October 27, 2016. The retreat, The Secrets of Successful Curriculum Design: Putting the Learner at the Center of Instruction, took the form of a highly interactive workshop and featured Dr. Teri Turner as the facilitator. Thirty-four (34) faculty members, from across medical domains, participated in individual and group activities to construct lessons using learner-centered instructional design principles.
The workshop showed attendees how to shift their focus from the traditional lecture-driven course to one that is learner-centered by implementing activities that require a deep level of student engagement. Dr. Turner, a recognized leader in medical education, led the group through a variety of exercises, from setting goals to implementing activities to assessing performance—all from the perspective of what the learner is expected to know and do in order to achieve mastery of the material.