Scholarly Colloquia and Events

  • 9/18 Clinical Reserach Center Seminar Series

    The Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
    Clinical Research Center (CRC) Seminar Series
    On Methods in Clinical Research

    Provided by
    University of Connecticut School of Medicine
    Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the Clinical Research Center

    “Schemata and Mental Models: Creating Structures for Learning and Understanding”

    Eric R. Bernstein, J.D., Ed.D.
    Assistant Professor
    Director of Curriculum Advancement
    School of Dental Medicine
    UConn Health
    Farmington, CT

    Date:   Tuesday, September 18, 2018
    Time:  
    12:00 Noon – 1:00 P.M.
    Location:  Low Learning Center– UConn Health, Farmington, CT

    WEB CAST:  http://mediasite.uchc.edu/mediasite41/Play/cd079b19e7874cae812f30197ff053121d     
    (Note:  No CME’s given for Web Cast viewing)

    Light lunch and beverage provided from 11:30 AM-12:00 noon

    Target Audience:  Faculty, staff, residents, and students interested in clinical research

    Learning Objectives:  Participants will be able to:  a) explain the role that schema and mental models play for students in making meaning of new content; b) match specific strategies for constructing or activating schema at the start of a lecture, lesson, or clinical activity; c) support students in utilizing a Vee diagram, concept map, or other tool to enhance individual schema activation or construction.

    Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations.  Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.

    Neither the activity director, planning committee members, nor the speaker, Dr. Eric Bernstein, have a financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organizations that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation.  Dr. Bernstein will not be discussing the off-label use of any product.    

    This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.  Food and refreshments provided by the CRC.

    Evaluations: Participants are required to complete an electronic evaluation in order to obtain CME Credits.  An email from MyEvaluation.com with instructions will be sent to participants.  Please complete the evaluation within one week of receiving the email.

    If you do not receive an evaluation assignment from MyEvaluations.com within 10 business days of this activity, please contact the Department that hosted this activity (indicated above) to ensure that your MyEvaluations.com account is set up and your participation in this activity was forwarded to the CME office.

    For more information, contact: Lisa Godin at Godin@uchc.edu