Patricia A Thomas1, Craig W Bowen. 1. Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA. pthomas1@jhmi.edu
Abstract
BACKGROUND:Team-based learning (TBL) has been studied in several preclinical settings, but there is less evidence for its effectiveness in clinical curricula. PURPOSE: We compared the impact of TBL versus usual small group lecture (SGL) on knowledge objectives in a clinical clerkship. METHODS: We used an unblinded crossover design with 112 students rotating through the Ambulatory Medicine clerkship. In each rotation of the clerkship, 3 clinical topics were taught as SGL and 3 as TBL. We compared performance on the knowledge examination for those items taught with TBL and those with SGL. RESULTS: Performance by students taught by TBL was higher than those taught by SGL in each topic, except Hypertension. The average effect size of the six measures was 0.51. CONCLUSIONS:TBL appears to be a more effective method than the usual small group lecture in achievement of knowledge objectives for clinical clerkship students.
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BACKGROUND: Team-based learning (TBL) has been studied in several preclinical settings, but there is less evidence for its effectiveness in clinical curricula. PURPOSE: We compared the impact of TBL versus usual small group lecture (SGL) on knowledge objectives in a clinical clerkship. METHODS: We used an unblinded crossover design with 112 students rotating through the Ambulatory Medicine clerkship. In each rotation of the clerkship, 3 clinical topics were taught as SGL and 3 as TBL. We compared performance on the knowledge examination for those items taught with TBL and those with SGL. RESULTS: Performance by students taught by TBL was higher than those taught by SGL in each topic, except Hypertension. The average effect size of the six measures was 0.51. CONCLUSIONS:TBL appears to be a more effective method than the usual small group lecture in achievement of knowledge objectives for clinical clerkship students.
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