Combatting Distraction in the Classroom—History, today's distractors, teaching strategies

Sunday, April 7, 2024

11:00am - 12:30pm

Location:602

CE: 1.5

Today’s learners are barraged with distractors that demand their focus and impede effective learning. Food insecurity and poverty, political uncertainty, social disruptions, and a pandemic are a few of the struggles that impose on the attention of our students. This is compounded by a constant feed of news and information and immediate contact with colleagues, friends, family, and others due to the widespread use of electronic devices. How can we ensure that we provide an environment for effective learning to occur? What teaching strategies can we deploy to combat distraction in the classroom?

Moderator(s)

Rebecca Etheridge, EdD, RDMS, FAIUM (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor & Curriculum Specialist
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Session Speaker(s)

Kathleen Vincent, MD, FACOG

Professor
University of Texas Medical Branch
Charlotte Henningsen, MS, RT(R), RDMS, RVT, FSDMS, FAIUM

Sonography Educator
Sonography Department
AdventHealth University

Learning Objectives:

Identify the significance of today's distractors as compared to those in the past.
Deploy teaching strategies designed to engage students and promote deep learning.

Presentations:

11:00am - 11:30am

Distraction Across the Ages
Kathleen L. Vincent, MD, FACOG – University of Texas Medical Branch
11:30am - 12:30pm

Teaching Strategies to Engage Learning
Charlotte Henningsen, MS, RT(R), RDMS, RVT, FSDMS, FAIUM – AdventHealth University