Team-Based Learning: Successful Experience in a Public Health Graduate Program
ABSTRACT Background: In the review of curriculum matrices, the elaboration of learning strategies that combine theory and practice is extremely important, allowing the building of new concepts and learning methods by the students. Team-based learning (TBL) is growing in academic centers and refers...
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| author | Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Junior Maria Angelina Silva Medeiros Juliana Gomes Ramalho de Oliveira Ana Maria Fontenele Catrib Maria Helena de Agrela Gonçalves Jardim |
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| description | ABSTRACT Background: In the review of curriculum matrices, the elaboration of learning strategies that combine theory and practice is extremely important, allowing the building of new concepts and learning methods by the students. Team-based learning (TBL) is growing in academic centers and refers to the pedagogic strategy grounded in constructivism. The aim of this research was to describe the application of TBL in a Public Health graduate program. Methods: TBL was applied in a class with 22 students in the discipline “Quantitative Research in Health” of the Public Health graduate program (Master degree) at the University of Fortaleza, Brazil, in 2016. The discipline was structured in 8 lessons, approaching the thematic of quantitative research. Before each class the students were required to study the contents at home, a test was done for each subject in the beginning of each class (individually and then in teams of 5 or 6 students) and then a brief review was performed by the professor, where the students could ask questions and solve any doubt. At the end of the semester an evaluation questionnaire was applied with objective questions and a qualitative survey. Results: The application of TBL was done in a class with 22 students of the Public health Master Program, aged 22 to 36 years, and 83.3% were female. The method was well received by the students. All the evaluations and discussions went on without any problem. There were some complaints about the requirement to study at home prior to the classes. Students’ evaluation of the discipline and the TBL method was satisfactory with answers’ average score of 4.7 (scale 0-5). The lowestscore was achieved by the question number 11 (4.3) about the students motivation for their study at home. The comparison with the evaluation of the previous semester (where a traditional method was applied) evidenced higher scores for the TBL method. Conclusions: The application of TBL was satisfactory and the main difficulty presented by students was the requirement for previous study at home. TBL was better evaluated than the traditional method. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8fe7257e4ce7454f984df3436a7265112022-12-21T19:50:34ZporAssocição Brasileira de Educação MédicaRevista Brasileira de Educação Médica1981-527141339740110.1590/1981-52712015v41n3rb20160081S0100-55022017000300397Team-Based Learning: Successful Experience in a Public Health Graduate ProgramGeraldo Bezerra da Silva JuniorMaria Angelina Silva MedeirosJuliana Gomes Ramalho de OliveiraAna Maria Fontenele CatribMaria Helena de Agrela Gonçalves JardimABSTRACT Background: In the review of curriculum matrices, the elaboration of learning strategies that combine theory and practice is extremely important, allowing the building of new concepts and learning methods by the students. Team-based learning (TBL) is growing in academic centers and refers to the pedagogic strategy grounded in constructivism. The aim of this research was to describe the application of TBL in a Public Health graduate program. Methods: TBL was applied in a class with 22 students in the discipline “Quantitative Research in Health” of the Public Health graduate program (Master degree) at the University of Fortaleza, Brazil, in 2016. The discipline was structured in 8 lessons, approaching the thematic of quantitative research. Before each class the students were required to study the contents at home, a test was done for each subject in the beginning of each class (individually and then in teams of 5 or 6 students) and then a brief review was performed by the professor, where the students could ask questions and solve any doubt. At the end of the semester an evaluation questionnaire was applied with objective questions and a qualitative survey. Results: The application of TBL was done in a class with 22 students of the Public health Master Program, aged 22 to 36 years, and 83.3% were female. The method was well received by the students. All the evaluations and discussions went on without any problem. There were some complaints about the requirement to study at home prior to the classes. Students’ evaluation of the discipline and the TBL method was satisfactory with answers’ average score of 4.7 (scale 0-5). The lowestscore was achieved by the question number 11 (4.3) about the students motivation for their study at home. The comparison with the evaluation of the previous semester (where a traditional method was applied) evidenced higher scores for the TBL method. Conclusions: The application of TBL was satisfactory and the main difficulty presented by students was the requirement for previous study at home. TBL was better evaluated than the traditional method.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-55022017000300397&lng=en&tlng=enTeachingLearningMethodologyHigher EducationHealth Education |
| spellingShingle | Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Junior Maria Angelina Silva Medeiros Juliana Gomes Ramalho de Oliveira Ana Maria Fontenele Catrib Maria Helena de Agrela Gonçalves Jardim Team-Based Learning: Successful Experience in a Public Health Graduate Program Revista Brasileira de Educação Médica Teaching Learning Methodology Higher Education Health Education |
| title | Team-Based Learning: Successful Experience in a Public Health Graduate Program |
| title_full | Team-Based Learning: Successful Experience in a Public Health Graduate Program |
| title_fullStr | Team-Based Learning: Successful Experience in a Public Health Graduate Program |
| title_full_unstemmed | Team-Based Learning: Successful Experience in a Public Health Graduate Program |
| title_short | Team-Based Learning: Successful Experience in a Public Health Graduate Program |
| title_sort | team based learning successful experience in a public health graduate program |
| topic | Teaching Learning Methodology Higher Education Health Education |
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