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Direct linkWijnia, Lisette; Servant-Miklos, Virginie F. C. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2019
That idea that problem-based learning (PBL) is more motivating that traditional education has been prevalent since the inception of PBL at McMaster University in the late 1960s. Evidencing this through empirical research, however, has proven to be a lot more problematic. This paper retraces how the discourse on motivation started from a laymen's…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Student Motivation, Educational Research
Lucieer, Susanna M.; van der Geest, Jos N.; Elói-Santos, Silvana M.; de Faria, Rosa M. Dellbone; Jonker, Laura; Visscher, Chris; Rikers, Remy M. J. P.; Themmen, Axel P. N. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2016
Society expects physicians to always improve their competencies and to be up to date with developments in their field. Therefore, an important aim of medical schools is to educate future medical doctors to become self-regulated, lifelong learners. However, it is unclear if medical students become better self-regulated learners during the…
Descriptors: Medical Schools, Medical Education, Medical Students, Program Effectiveness
Papinczak, Tracey; Young, Louise; Groves, Michele – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2007
Peer assessment provides a powerful avenue for students to receive feedback on their learning. Although student perceptions of peer assessment have been studied extensively in higher education, little qualitative research has been undertaken with medical students in problem-based learning (PBL) curricula. A qualitative study of students' attitudes…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Medical Students, Higher Education, Qualitative Research
Maudsley, Gillian; Williams, Evelyn M. I.; Taylor, David C. M. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2008
Qualitative insights about students' personal experience of inconsistencies in implementation of problem-based learning (PBL) might help refocus expert discourse about good practice. Aim: This study explored how junior medical students conceptualize: PBL; good tutoring; and less effective sessions. Methods: Participants comprised junior medical…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Burch, V. C.; Sikakana, C. N. T.; Yeld, N.; Seggie, J. L.; Schmidt, H. G. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2007
Introduction: Racially segregated schooling, a legacy of Apartheid policies, continues to hamper education in South Africa. Students entering university from suboptimal circumstances are at significant risk of demonstrating poor academic performance and dropping out of their programmes. Attempts to address the educational needs of these students…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Municipalities, Educational Needs, Racial Segregation
Nathoo, Arif N.; Goldhoff, Patricia; Quattrochi, James J. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2005
Purpose: This study sought to assess the introduction of a web-based innovation in medical education that complements traditional problem-based learning curricula. Utilizing the case method as its fundamental educational approach, the Interactive Case-based Online Network (ICON) allows students to interact with each other, faculty and a virtual…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Schools, Online Courses, Problem Based Learning
