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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Initial responses of first year medical students to problem based learning in a behavioural science course: Role of language background and course content. |
Author: | O'Hanlon, A. Winefield, H. Hejka, E. Chur-Hansen, A. |
Citation: | Medical Education, 1995; 29(3):198-204 |
Publisher: | Blackwell Scientific Publications |
Issue Date: | 1995 |
ISSN: | 0308-0110 1365-2923 |
Department: | ACUE (now Learning and Teaching Development Unit) |
Abstract: | A trial of problem-based learning (PBL) was conducted with first-year undergraduate medical students who had no background knowledge of behavioural science and who included a substantial proportion with a first language other than English. Responses to standardized and open-ended evaluation questions showed greater variability and there was no clear preference for PBL over traditional methods. Students found the PBL exercise time-consuming and felt they needed more guidance. Feedback from clinicians and working in groups were seen as positive aspects of the exercise. Students with a first language other than English reported that language, but not cultural background, was an impediment to effective participation. It is recommended that this group of students be offered extra support for PBL in a subject-based setting, and that all students would benefit from a formal induction session. |
Keywords: | Humans Language Problem-Based Learning Behavioral Sciences Education, Medical, Undergraduate Adolescent Australia Female Male |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1995.tb02830.x |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2923.1995.tb02830.x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Psychiatry publications |
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