A Case Based-Shared Teaching Approach in Undergraduate Medical Curriculum: A Way for Integration in Basic and Clinical Sciences

摘要

To present a multiple-instructor, active-learning strategy in the undergraduate medicalcurriculum. This educational research is a descriptive one. Shared teaching sessions, were designed forundergraduate medical students in six organ-system based courses. Sessions that involved in-class discussionsof integrated clinical cases were designed implemented and moderated by at least 3 faculties (clinicians andbasic scientists). The participants in this study include the basic sciences medical students of The TehranUniversity of Medical Sciences. Students’ reactions were assessed using an immediate post-sessionevaluation form on a 5-point Likert scale. Six two-hour sessions for 2 cohorts of students, 2013 and 2014medical students during their two first years of study were implemented from April 2014 to March 2015. 17faculty members participated in the program, 21 cases were designed, and participation average was 60 % at6 sessions. Students were highly appreciative of this strategy. The majority of students in each coursestrongly agreed that this learning practice positively contributed to their learning (78%) and provided betterunderstanding and application of the material learned in an integrated classroom course (74%). They believedthat the sessions affected their view about medicine (73%), and should be continued in future courses (80%).The percentage demonstrates the average of all courses. The program helped the students learn how to applybasic sciences concepts to clinical medicine. Evaluation of the program indicated that students found thesessions beneficial to their learning.