Using a formative simulated patient exercise for curriculum evaluation

Using a formative simulated patient exercise for curriculum evaluation

BACKGROUND It is not clear that teaching specific history taking, physical examination and patient teaching techniques to medical students results in durable behavioural changes. We used a quasi-experimental design that approximated a randomized double blinded trial to examine whether a Participatory Decision-Making (PDM) educational module taught in a clerkship improves performance on a Simula...

An investigation of a tutor evaluation scale for formative purposes in a problem-based learning curriculum.

Tins arllcle wa,s accepledfOr publicalion janufll]' 25, J996. Problem-based learning (PBL) curricula are of increasing interest to educators within occupational therapy and other allied health professions (Bruhn, 1992; Hay, 1995; Jacobs & Lyons, 1992; Royeen, 1995; Saarinen & Salvatori, 1994; VanLeit, 1995), PBL approaches involve small groups of students who meet with a tutor to examine health...

Affective Animation of a Simulated Robot: A Formative Study

Formative and peer-to-peer evaluation using a rubric tool

The current essay starts from the general set of issues related to assessment in education and the problems that students face in understanding assessment criteria. It will later introduce the results obtained from a work-inprogressresearch project that aims to improve assessment quality by testing new evaluation methods and technological tools such as formative evaluation and peer-to peer eval...

Using formative research to develop CHANGE!: a curriculum-based physical activity promoting intervention

BACKGROUND Low childhood physical activity levels are currently one of the most pressing public health concerns. Numerous school-based physical activity interventions have been conducted with varied success. Identifying effective child-based physical activity interventions are warranted. The purpose of this formative study was to elicit subjective views of children, their parents, and teachers ...