Team-based learning (TBL) is an instructional strategy that combines independent out-of-class preparation for in-class discussion in small groups. This approach has been successfully adopted by a number of medical educators. This strategy allowed us to eliminate anatomy lectures and incorporate small-group active learning. Although our strategy is…

The role of the college examiner at Passaic County Community College (New Jersey) is discussed in terms of his responsibility for evaluating the successful implementation of the systems approach to instruction. (NF)