TY - JOUR
T1 - A controlled trial of team-based learning in an ambulatory medicine clerkship for medical students
AU - Thomas, Patricia A.
AU - Bowen, Craig W.
PY - 2011/1/14
Y1 - 2011/1/14
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.1080/10401334.2011.536888
DO - 10.1080/10401334.2011.536888
M3 - Article
C2 - 21240780
AN - SCOPUS:78751512627
SN - 1040-1334
VL - 23
SP - 31
EP - 36
JO - Teaching and Learning in Medicine
JF - Teaching and Learning in Medicine
IS - 1
ER -