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Community of Learners: Charting Learning in First Year Graduate Entry Medical Students during Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Study
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Orsmond, Paul; Zvauya, R. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2015
This study considers social learning practices within and outside the overt curriculum. A thematic approach was used to analyse data from six focus group interviews with 11 graduate entry medical students from a UK university over a year of study. The results indicate that: (1) during their first year of study students form a community of learning…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Medical Students, Graduate Students, Focus Groups
The Effect of Midterm Peer Feedback on Student Functioning in Problem-Based Tutorials
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Kamp, Rachelle J. A.; Dolmans, Diana H. J. M.; Van Berkel, Henk J. M.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2013
Within Problem-Based Learning successful learning depends on the quality of cognitive, social and motivational contributions students make to the tutorial group. But at the same time, not all students in PBL automatically contribute in a high quality manner, which might impede successful group functioning. This study investigated whether peer…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Feedback (Response)
"For Most of Us Africans, We Don't Just Speak": A Qualitative Investigation into Collaborative Heterogeneous PBL Group Learning
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Singaram, Veena S.; van der Vleuten, Cees P. M.; Stevens, Fred; Dolmans, Diana H. J. M. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2011
Collaborative approaches such as Problem Based Learning (PBL) may provide the opportunity to bring together diverse students but their efficacy in practice and the complications that arise due to the mixed ethnicity needs further investigation. This study explores the key advantages and problems of heterogeneous PBL groups from the students' and…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Focus Groups, Problem Based Learning, Heterogeneous Grouping
What Drives Students' Self-Directed Learning in a Hybrid PBL Curriculum
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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
Modeling the Problem-Based Learning Preferences of McMaster University Undergraduate Medical Students Using a Discrete Choice Conjoint Experiment
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Cunningham, Charles E.; Deal, Ken; Neville, Alan; Rimas, Heather; Lohfeld, Lynne – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2006
Objectives: To use methods from the field of marketing research to involve students in the redesign of McMaster University's small group, problem-based undergraduate medical education program. Methods: We used themes from a focus group conducted in an electronic decision support lab to compose 14 four-level educational attributes. Undergraduate…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Medical Students, Medical Education, Focus Groups
Self-Directed Learning and Student Pragmatism
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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