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The Resource for all Your Teaching-Learning Needs in Radiology

Welcome to the ARRS Educator’s Toolkit for all educators who serve as course directors, moderators, and/or as faculty members for ARRS programs. This one-stop, comprehensive section for educators will provide current information regarding learning theory and techniques, resources, models, and samples of materials that can be used to plan, conduct, teach and evaluate educational activities.

Resource/Research Station

Research relevant to educational theory, design and strategies are presented in this station. Lists and links to Websites, journal articles, organizations and other sources for information can be found at this station.

Understanding the theory and practice of adult education enhances our ability to become better educators. This section offers fact sheets, articles, information on how adults learn and suggestions for educational activities.


Articles

Teaching Methodologies

  1. Rubio EI, Bassignani M, White, M, Brant WE. Effect of an audience response system on resident learning and retention of lecture material. AJR 2008; 190:W319-W322
    This experimental study compared residents who learned in a traditional didactic format to those who experienced interactive learning with an audience response system. The later experimental group scored higher on post-testing and at 3 months later. Results were significant for comprehension and retention. For the entire article http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/190/6/W319
  2. Stanford University The Center for Teaching and Learning. Speaking of Teaching Newsletter Problem-Based Learning. Vol. 11,. No. 1. Winter 2001
  3. Stanford University The Center for Teaching and Learning. Speaking of Teaching Newsletter Teaching with Case Studies. Vol. 5, No. 2. Winter 1994

Teaching and Research

Learning Theory/Principles