Table 2.

Numbers of studies published in Advances in Health Sciences Education between 1995 and 2020 applying cognitive principles and instructional models

Cognitive principles	No of articles	Instructional models	No of articles
Activation of prior knowledge	29	Problem-based learning	121
Consolidation	2	Team-based learning	4
Appropriate context	16	Worked examples	3
Self-explanation	7	Mixed practice	4
Elaborative discussion	21	Teaching of clinical reasoning	17
Decreasing cognitive load	17
Retrieval practice	4
Distributed practice	0
Clinical reasoning	62