Productivity pressures, shrinking training time and a high bar for patient care drove a Northwestern Medicine gastroenterologist to test whether a simulation could fill a growing skills gap. Sri ...

All eligible residents participated in the study and completed the entire protocol. There was no significant difference in age, gender, ethnicity, year of training, or USMLE Step 1 and 2 scores ...

Technology and medicine go hand in hand. Now Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine is taking this relationship one step further. There, students train in a real live clinical ...

It's not just about practicing a lot, but also about practicing correctly. This is shown by new research from the University of Agder. The government wants to use simulations more in the nursing ...

In the first study to demonstrate a direct effect on patient care, an NIH-funded study published in Gastroenterology found that a simulation-based mastery learning curriculum significantly improved ...

Rick: A lot of parents and educators may be familiar with the phrase “mastery learning” but not have a clear idea what it means in practice. What is it exactly? Scott: My journey began in 2012 when I ...

When done well, mastery-based learning ensures that each and every student leaves K-12 schools prepared for postsecondary education or the workforce. Credit: Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for ...