Knowledge Gain in a Problem-Based Surgery Clerkship.

Schwartz, Richard W.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ479599

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Knowledge Gain in a Problem-Based Surgery Clerkship.

Schwartz, Richard W.; And Others

Academic Medicine, v69 n2 p148-51 Feb 1994

A study of 88 students in a problem-based surgery clerkship found significant gain in knowledge level, found to be linked to improved clinical performance. Additional findings included peers were good judges of students' knowledge and skills; faculty were not good judges of changes in student skills or ability to apply them. (MSE)

Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Clinical Experience, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Knowledge Level, Medical Education, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Professional Education, Student Evaluation, Surgery, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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