Teaching Masterclass: The Psychology of Learning

Professional development

Video course

by Franz Wiesbauer, MD MPH

Medical training follows an apprenticeship model, so every clinician is an educator. Yet few of us have studied the art of teaching. In this course, we’ll show you how to structure your teaching in a way that makes learning effortless for your students. Become that teacher others look up to and admire. Think back to the great teachers you had and become one of them with this course.

1h 22m

4 Quizzes

2 CME

What’s in it for you?

Master the most important skills

Learn the skills experts say you need to master in order to become a great clinician.

Learn any skill in under 5 hours

All our award-winning courses can be completed in less than 5 hours. Most take less than 4!

Save time and money

Learn wherever and whenever you want. Save on expensive courses, travel, and time away from family and friends.

After completing this course, you will be able to

Help your learners understand even the most complex topics
Teach learners from various backgrounds and levels of expertise
Recognize the importance of working memory for processing new information
Structure your teaching in a way that makes learning effortless
Explain what cognitive load is and how it makes learning difficult
Apply the latest findings on how to reduce cognitive load for your learners
Recognize mental models and how to help your learners build a strong web of mental models
Turn raw information into bite-sized nuggets that can be digested easily
Create great teaching videos that are produced using evidence-based principles
Engage your learners and make learning fun
Stand out from other educators who don’t know the principles taught in this course
Receive great feedback and reviews from your learners

What's inside

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Chapter 1

Memory and cognitive load

In this chapter, you will be introduced to working memory, how mental models aid in learning, and how to navigate cognitive load.

4 lessons

16m

Memory and cognitive load intro

Mental models

Working memory

Cognitive load

Memory and cognitive load quiz

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Chapter 2

Extraneous processing

In this chapter, you will learn about extraneous processing, why you should eliminate it as much as possible, and several strategies to help you accomplish this.

7 lessons

25m

Extraneous processing intro

Eliminate extraneous processing

The script comes first

Master the Signaling Principle

Avoiding interference

The Redundancy Principle

The Redundancy Principle in action

Extraneous processing quiz

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Chapter 3

Essential processing

Here, you will learn that essential processing is at the core of learning, as well as several useful techniques to structure your message so that you don’t overwhelm your students.

9 lessons

27m

Essential processing intro

Not everything is essential

Pieces of the puzzle

Organizing raw information (part 1)

Organizing raw information (part 2)

Creating the building blocks (part 1)

Creating the building blocks (part 2)

Pretraining

Dr X. Traneous and Professor S. Ential

Essential processing quiz

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Chapter 4

Generative processing

In this chapter, you’ll learn the secret to helping your learners integrate your teaching with prior knowledge—the final and most crucial step in the learning process.

7 lessons

15m

Generative processing intro

Making sense of material

Social cues

The Personalization Principle

The Voice Principle

The Embodiment Principle

Generative processing quiz

Quiz

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Teachers of this course

Franz Wiesbauer, MD MPH

Franz is the founder and CEO of Medmastery. He is an internist with a specialization in cardiology and a master’s in public health from Johns Hopkins University.

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Nora Drenaline

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Claim your certificate

All members receive a certificate for completing this course. For Pro members, the certificate comes with 2 CME credits.

CME accredited

All our courses and workshops are fully CME accredited. We provide USA AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Pro members can download their CME certificates upon successful completion of activities. Want to transfer these credits to your national system? No problem.

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CME at its best

Award-winning teaching method

Winner of the Comenius EduMedia Medal
For outstanding digital education—Berlin 2013
Highly commended by the British Medical Association
Awarded in the digital category of the BMA Book Awards—London 2017
Winner of the Comenius EduMedia Seal
For outstanding digital education—Berlin 2017
Internationally accredited
CME accredited in the USA and EU with mutual recognition agreements in most other countries.
Trusted institutional partner
Used by residency programs and universities around the world to train their clinicians and students.
Top-rated by our learners
Rated excellent by hundreds of users on Trustpilot, an independent reviewing platform.

What’s in it for you?

Master the most important skills

Learn any skill in under 5 hours

Save time and money

After completing this course, you will be able to

What's inside

Memory and cognitive load

Extraneous processing

Essential processing

Generative processing

Claim your certificate

CME accredited

Winner of the Comenius EduMedia Medal

Highly commended by the British Medical Association

Winner of the Comenius EduMedia Seal

Internationally accredited

Trusted institutional partner

Top-rated by our learners