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First year medical student performance on weekly team-based learning exercises in an infectious diseases course: insights from top performers and struggling students.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:In Team-Based Learning (TBL) preparation of relevant coursework during self-directed learning time is evaluated by the individual readiness assurance test (iRAT). We recently reported that student performance on iRATs is strongly correlated with final examination scores in an infectious diseases (ID) course. We now investigated how student preparation for each individual iRAT exercise relates to course performance. METHODS:Two-hundred and sixty medical students were enrolled in this three-year study. Student TBL iRAT scores were collected and correlated with final examination scores using Kruskal-Wallis One-Way ANOVA and Newman-Keul's statistical methods. RESULTS:Students performing in the upper and middle 33rd percentile on the final examination showed highly significant (p

SUBMITTER: Carrasco GA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6547496 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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First year medical student performance on weekly team-based learning exercises in an infectious diseases course: insights from top performers and struggling students.

Carrasco Gonzalo A GA Behling Kathryn C KC Lopez Osvaldo J OJ

BMC medical education 20190603 1

<h4>Background</h4>In Team-Based Learning (TBL) preparation of relevant coursework during self-directed learning time is evaluated by the individual readiness assurance test (iRAT). We recently reported that student performance on iRATs is strongly correlated with final examination scores in an infectious diseases (ID) course. We now investigated how student preparation for each individual iRAT exercise relates to course performance.<h4>Methods</h4>Two-hundred and sixty medical students were enr ...[more]

PMID: 31159880

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First year medical student performance on weekly team-based learning exercises in an infectious diseases course: insights from top performers and struggling students.

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First year medical student performance on weekly team-based learning exercises in an infectious diseases course: insights from top performers and struggling students.

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