Service learning is becoming a keystone of the undergraduate learning experience. At Stonehill College, we implemented a service learning course, called a Learning Community, in Neuroscience. This course was created to complement the basic research available to Stonehill Neuroscience majors with experience in a more applied and "clinical" setting. The Neuroscience Learning Community is designed...

OBJECTIVES To assess students' performance and perceptions of team-based and mixed active-learning methods in 2 ambulatory care elective courses, and to describe faculty members' perceptions of team-based learning. METHODS Using the 2 teaching methods, students' grades were compared. Students' perceptions were assessed through 2 anonymous course evaluation instruments. Faculty members who tau...

INTRODUCTION Bias in diagnostic reasoning can potentially lead to severe consequences. We explored how to design an experiential learning workshop in a general practice clerkship to raise awareness on bias. METHOD A group of 12 students was split into two groups. Both groups 'diagnosed' two patients in two case studies. Only one group, without them knowing, were given a case including salient...

The primary objective of this study is to examine the experiential learning process of Japanese IT professionals, in order to investigate the nature of knowing. In this study we examined how IT professionals acquire job-related skills or expertise through experience. The semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 high-performing senior managers in consulting divisions and 14 managers in ...

At the Royal Melbourne Hospital, the Genetic Counsellors identified the desire to learn from each other, and engage in new forms of learning. Subsequently, a pilot project focusing on reflection, accountability, and experiential learning was developed. Live supervision with peers was identified as the model which fitted the learning objectives of the team. The aims of the project were to: 1. De...

BACKGROUND Successful interaction and communication with patients is as vital for dentists as it is for physicians. Therefore, the aim of this study was the development and evaluation of an interactive, experiential training curriculum with an emphasis on communication for dual degree seekers of medicine and dentistry. METHODS A pre-clinical course with an emphasis in physician/dentist-patien...

In pursuing a refined Learning Styles Inventory (LSI), Kolb has moved away from the original cyclical nature of his model of experiential learning. Kolb’s model has not adapted to current research and has failed to increase understanding of learning. A critical examination of Kolb’s experiential learning theory in terms of epistemology, educational neuroscience, and model analysis reveals the n...