Poster presented at the OHIMA 2023 Annual Meeting & Trade Show
by Lisa Cerrato, EdD, MS, RHIA
Coordinator HIM Technician
Columbus State Community College
Faculty Perceptions on Using Retrieval Practice to Learn Medical Terminology
Retrieval practice is one of the most widely studied cognitive science principles for improving long-term memory. Academic studies indicate that students who use passive study techniques are less likely to perform well on exams and retain course content in long-term memory than students who use more active study strategies such as retrieval practice. This presentation will center around data from interviews of a purposive sampling of eight college faculty who taught college-level medical terminology, which revealed that faculty perceived retrieval practice quizzing to be effective in improving exam scores and helping students commit course material to long-term memory when learning medical terminology.View Poster
(Click image to enlarge)
