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Engagement and Higher Order Skill Proficiency of Students Completing a Medical Physiology Course in Three Diverse Learning Environments
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Hopper, Mari K.; Kaiser, Alexis N. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2018
The primary aim of this study was to determine whether levels of student engagement, higher order skill proficiency, and knowledge acquisition demonstrated by medical students would differ when completing the same course in three diverse learning environments. Following Institutional Review Board approval, 56 first-year medical students,…
Descriptors: Physiology, Science Instruction, Thinking Skills, Learner Engagement
Validation of a Performance Assessment Instrument in Problem-Based Learning Tutorials Using Two Cohorts of Medical Students
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Lee, Ming; Wimmers, Paul F. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2016
Although problem-based learning (PBL) has been widely used in medical schools, few studies have attended to the assessment of PBL processes using validated instruments. This study examined reliability and validity for an instrument assessing PBL performance in four domains: Problem Solving, Use of Information, Group Process, and Professionalism.…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Medical Education, Physicians
Orienting Student Using a Case-Based Instructional Approach: A Case Study
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Agbor-Baiyee, W. – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2009
Purpose: Orientation facilitates the transition to a new academic program to meet the need of new students to know programmatic items such as academic expectations, courses, policies and procedures. We used a problem based learning (PBL) approach to introduce our students to the expectations of our intensive 10-week Medical College Admission Test…
Descriptors: Premedical Students, Medical Schools, Disadvantaged, Standardized Tests
Incorporating Problem-Based Learning Methodology To Prepare for the Medical College Admission Test.
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Baiyee, William Agbor – 2001
The effectiveness of problem-based learning (PBL) in preparing for the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) was studied. A 10-week PBL experience was implemented to supplement lecture-based instruction in preparing for the MCAT. Over 2 years, 33 students participated. Participants met for 3 hours in small PBL groups directed by a tutor three…
Descriptors: Admission (School), College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Higher Education