Facilitation skills of basic sciences faculty and fresh medical graduates: An AKU experience

Facilitators are the backbone of the PBL system which focuses on the integrated learning. At BBS, facilitators are both the Teaching Assistants and faculty members. It is observed that students prefer having TAs as their facilitators. Data was collected through standard facilitation evaluation form filled by the students at the end of each teaching module. Our data suggests that there is no difference in the overall facilitation skills of TAs and the faculty members. It appears that in attributes such as 'asking appropriate question, prioritize learning objectives and identifying misconceptions', the TAs perform better than the faculty members.