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Volume 19 (2)
Volume 19, Issue 2, Spring 1999
J Contin Educ Health Prof 1999; 19(2):69-75
THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS
The Brain, Learning, and Technology
Thomas J. Deters, PhD
A b s t r a c t
Advances in neuroscience are providing dramatic new insights into the functioning
of the brain and associated cognitive processes. Our current understanding of complexities
of memory and learning systems is one example of an area in which there have been new
insights, and in which there may be important implications for continuing medical education.
Medical educators need to become familiar with these advances if they are to meet the needs
of medical professionals requiring constant updating of their knowledge in medical science,
in a health care delivery system that places increased demands on their professional time. It
is through collaborative efforts by medical educators, cognitive neuroscientists, and computer
scientists that this goal can be achieved.
Keywords: Continuing Medical Education; Learning Memory; Neuroscience Technology
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