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MacLeod, Anna – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2011
This paper considers the multiple discourses that influence medical education with a focus on the discourses of competence and caring. Discourses of competence are largely constituted through, and related to, biomedical and clinical issues whereas discourses of caring generally focus on social concerns. These discourses are not necessarily equal…
Descriptors: Caring, Medical Education, Medical Students, Medical Schools
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de Jong, N.; Verstegen, D. M. L.; Tan, F. E. S.; O'Connor, S. J. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2013
This case-study compared traditional, face-to-face classroom-based teaching with asynchronous online learning and teaching methods in two sets of students undertaking a problem-based learning module in the multilevel and exploratory factor analysis of longitudinal data as part of a Masters degree in Public Health at Maastricht University. Students…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Outcomes of Education, Public Health
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Lee, Young-Mee; Mann, Karen V.; Frank, Blye W. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2010
Evidence supporting Problem-based learning (PBL) fostering students' self-directed learning (SDL) in hybrid PBL curricula is inconsistent. To explore the influence of PBL in a hybrid curriculum on students' SDL, the authors investigated the following: (1) students' self-assessed SDL ability, (2) students' perceptions of the influence of curricular…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Focus Groups, Problem Based Learning, Interviews
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Lloyd-Jones, Gaynor; Hak, Tony – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2004
Objective: To explore the experience and practice of students entering a problem-based (PBL) medical undergraduate course and to identify contributory social, curricular and contextual factors. Design: A multiple case study exploiting the natural experimental features of the setting. Qualitative data collection methods, including participant…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Textbooks, Medical Schools, Participant Observation