BACKGROUND Problem based learning (PBL) is used increasingly in undergraduate medical education, but there are few postgraduate medical studies. AIM To compare SHO learning outcomes for a PBL course with a traditional didactic course. METHODS As part of their protected teaching programme, 14 senior house officers (SHOs) were taught about paediatric dermatology using a traditional didactic c...

This paper investigates the effect of the integration of computer simulations in the traditional teaching methodology on learning effectiveness of a group of students having significant variation in marks obtained in pre-learning examination. For comparison another group of students having a relatively low distribution in marks have also been examined for their learning effectiveness when tradi...

This article documents a class that teaches gestural interaction and juxtaposes traditional instrumental skills with digital musical instrument concepts. In order to show the principles and reflections that informed the choices made in developing this syllabus, fundamental elements of an instrument-body relationship and the perceptual import of sensory-motor integration are investigated. The me...