Group poster presentations as a method of improving student communication and learning

Poster Presentations

POSTER PRESENTATIONS 28-50

Student perceptions of the use of presentations as a method of learning endocrine and gastrointestinal pathophysiology.

Second-year medical students at the Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine (Durban, South Africa) were given a brief to prepare oral presentations on topics related to disorders of the gastrointestinal tract and endocrine system in the form of "patient-doctor" role play and to submit written documents about their topics. This initiative was introduced to assist medical students in their applicati...

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A method of improving student learning in physiology: the small group workshop.

This teaching innovation replaces standard physiology laboratories with small group workshop tasks dealing with selected physiology problems and data. Working with a series of question sheets, the students focus on establishing a knowledge base and solving problems relating to physiology. Initial experiences show an improvement in student motivation and attitude and improved feedback to student...