Annual Symposium on the Science of Learning: Memory and Judgment: Implications for Teaching Medical Students and Residents

Date: Friday, April 6, 2012 - 9 to 12
Location: Armenise Amphitheatre

 
Overview of Program

The goal of the Symposium on The Science of Learning is to explore research in the cognitive and neurosciences for implications for teaching and learning in medicine. This year’s symposium features work on memory and moral judgment, respectively, by two renowned researchers, Drs. John Gabrieli and Joshua Greene. The nature of learning, memory and judgment changes over the lifespan and with context and content. Thus, we seek an understanding of the nuances of memory and how medical students and residents access past learning to make clinical, professional and ethical decisions.

John D. E. Gabrieli, PhD
Grover Hermann Professor of Health Sciences and Technology and
Cognitive Neuroscience Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and
Technology (HST) and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Forms of Memory
Dr. John Gabrieli will present work on the neural basis of the development of memory, thought and emotion. He will describe different kinds of memory and how each is mediated by different brain systems.
 

Joshua Greene, PhD
John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences
Department of Psychology
Harvard University
Moral Judgment
Dr. Joshua Green will address issues of moral judgment: the tension between automatic processes such as gut reactions and intuition and more controlled processes such as reflection. He will report research on moral judgment amongst physicians.

Accreditation:  

Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.