Develop a passion for learning

Studies have shown that adults remember:

• 20% of what they hear.

• 40% of what they see and hear.

• 80% of that they do!

Learners need to do something with the new information they are receiving in order to effectively integrate it into their lives and retain the information for future use.

Other researchers have found that to effectively learn something we must use the whole body in the learning. Our brain must process the new knowledge (cognitive learning), our heart must explore how we feel about this new learning (affective learning) and our muscles must do something with the learning (psychomotor or kinesthetic learning). To truly know something our learning must involve all three domains.​​

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Then there is the 10,000-hour philosophy which is based on Malcolm Gladwell’s book, The Outliers that follows the 10,000-hour rule to become great at your field (That’s equivalent to 4,160 hours a year a resident gets).

We know that:

• Residency is a minimum of 3 years which gives about 12,000 hours and

• Without residency training, you will have to work 5 years to reach that same level of hours in training

This is a repository of learning tools with the goal of enhancing your residency training experience. We have recognized that by using a variety of teaching methods it ensures that everyone feels welcomed, engaged and excited to learn.