Active Learning in Medicine

What is active learning and how can it enhance medical education? This eBook highlights some of the ways in which experienced educators at the NYU School of Medicine design activities that engage our students.  Adopting  a broader interpretation of active learning, authors share examples of their active learning efforts throughout the undergraduate, graduate and continuing medical education curriculum. This eBook is a practical guide that will enable medical educators to:


• Explore various instructional approaches of active learning 
• Analyze benefits and challenges of active learning curriculum design 
• Design their own active learning session


Contributing Authors: 

Kenneth Berger, MD

Ellie Carmody, MD

Ruth Crowe, MD, PhD

Barry Czeisler, MD

Greg Dorsainville, MPS

Babak Givi, MD

Sabrina Lee, MPA

Lisa Ng-Zhao

Amy Rapkiewicz, MD

Michael Rindler, PhD

Pamela Rosenthal, MD

Jake Sippel

Adam Skolnick, MD

Linda Tewksbury, MD

Jose Torres, MD

Layout Design:

Violetta Kraja, MS