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Research article summary:
Electrifying a medical school course: a case study.
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BACKGROUND: At Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, the Dean charged the curriculum office to 'electrify the curriculum.' An instructional development team chose a 2nd-year course to serve as a model e-course and to provide evaluation ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2003
in Journal: Teach Learn Med
(Language : eng)
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1. Teach Learn Med.
2003 ;15(2):140-6
Electrifying a medical school course: a case study.
Hoban JD, Schlesinger JB, Fairman RP, Grimes MM
Office of Education Research, MCV Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA. jdhoban@vcu.edu
BACKGROUND: At Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, the Dean charged the curriculum office to "electrify the curriculum." An instructional development team chose a 2nd-year course to serve as a model e-course and to provide evaluation data for a 2-year study. DESCRIPTION: The instructional development process used instructional and Web design principles. An evaluation plan included a number of data collection methods: e-mail surveys, a focus group, student diaries, and comprehensive end-of-course student assessments. The e-course allowed students to take advantage of learning opportunities that traditional face-to-face instruction normally does not. EVALUATION: Students found access to multiple images; interactivity; and meaningful, efficient navigation within the site to be useful. Web-based instruction shows promise to aid students in the transition from concept acquisition to complex "doctor thinking." It does not replace the need for human teachers. CONCLUSION: The authors conclude with instructional design suggestions to exploit the power of Web-based teaching for the enhancement of complex learning.
PMID : 12708073 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| J Dennis | Hoban | JD |
| Jeanne B | Schlesinger | JB |
| R Paul | Fairman | RP |
| Margaret M | Grimes | MM |
Affiliation: Office of Education Research, MCV Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA. jdhoban@vcu.edu
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Category links from this article:- Computer-Assisted Instruction
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- Education, Medical, Undergraduate - methods
- Educational Measurement
- Humans
- Internet
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