BACKGROUND The small group tutorial is a cornerstone of problem-based learning. By implication, the role of the facilitator is of pivotal importance. The present investigation canvassed perceptions of facilitators with differing levels of experience regarding their roles and duties in the tutorial. METHODS In January 2002, one year after problem-based learning implementation at the Nelson R. ...

This paper is an extension of an earlier study that examined the factors influencing facilitators’ successful adaptation to a problem-based learning (PBL) environment. The current study focuses on the specific strategies employed by effective facilitators in the PBL classroom to promote critical thinking as well as collaborative and self-directed learning among learners. Republic Polytechnic’s ...

This paper examines the facilitator, group member, and system roles as a complete socio-technical system. Each of these three components of the sociotechnical system is discussed in terms of the roles that they play within the context of the group meeting. This research draws from previous work on "group roles" to define how these "roles" interact to accomplish effective group per formance. The...

Alaska Native (AN) youth suicide remains a substantial and recalcitrant health disparity, especially in rural/remote communities. Promoting Community Conversations About Research to End Suicide (PC CARES) is a community health intervention that responds to the need for culturally responsive and evidence-supported prevention practice, using a grassroots approach to spark multilevel and community...

BACKGROUND Outreach visits reflect newer developments in adult learning theory, where the learner is actively involved in the session. Previous studies have indicated a positive effect of outreach visits on GPs' behaviour. However, the empirical role of the facilitator in the visits is poorly described. OBJECTIVE To explore general practitioners' perception of the outcome of a facilitator pro...

In an effort to boost meeting productivity and success, managers may employ trained group facilitators. They may also implement group Introduction Face-to-face meetings serve as a venue to bring together organizational eaders for decision making, issue tracking, policy setting, and a variety of activities aimed at adding reliability and flexibility in response to the ever-changing business envi...

This study examines whether a social robot can enable team creativity and increase performance depending on its speaking style. The aim is to provide insight into human teams' when exposed different ways of by robot, that is, the robotic facilitator using acoustic-prosodic features. In one condition, participants received their instructions from in “charismatic” style, other, used less engaging...

Tourism is a variety of tourism activities that are supported by various facilities and services provided the community, entrepreneurs, government local governments. One objects in Pasuruan Regency managed Perhutani Putuk Truno Waterfall. Waterfall one areas under Ecotourism Independent Business Unit division. This study aims to understand role facilitator Perum Development Prigen Pasuruan. res...

BACKGROUND The teaching modality of "flipping the classroom" has garnered recent attention in medical education. In this model, the lecture and homework components are reversed. The flipped classroom lends itself to more interaction in "class" and theoretically improved clinical decision-making. Data is lacking for this model for students in emergency medicine clerkships. We trialed the flipped...