We completed an educational experience for students enrolled in graduate health care programs that significantly improved the critical-thinking scores of those who scored the lowest at the beginning of the project. The progress occurred after meeting weekly for 9 sessions and discussing six case studies focused on current issues in heath care in interdisciplinary groups.
Improvement in critical-thinking ability by low-skilled students has been shown previously. During the course of a nursing curriculum, students scoring below the median on a pretest showed significant improvement in critical-thinking ability during their 4 years of nursing school, though there was no overall group change in scores on the WGCTA.4 Interestingly, the mean critical-thinking score for the entire group regressed during the final year of the program after peaking in the third year.
It remains unclear which classroom experiences, if any, foster critical think ability. We measured the effectiveness of interdisciplinary, case-based learning on the critical-thinking ability of graduate students enrolled in allied health care programs. We designed a voluntary classroom experience to examine the effectiveness of case studies used in an interdisciplinary setting to increase critical-thinking ability. Two groups of students were measured for their critical thinking ability using an online assessment both before and after their respective classroom experiences. One group of 14 graduate students from 4 different allied health care programs (interdisciplinary, ID) discussed complex interdisciplinary case studies and answered multiple-choice type questions formed around the cases. The second group was composed of graduate students (n = 28) from a single disciple enrolled in a clinical anatomy course (discipline specific, DS). They discussed complex case studies specific to their discipline and answered multiple-choice questions formed around the cases. There was no overall change in critical-thinking scores from the pre- to post-test in either group (delta scores: ID 1.5 ± 5.3, DS -1.7 ± 5.7). However, ID students scoring below the median on the pretest improved significantly (paired t-test, pre 50.7 ± 3.8, post 54.2 ± 1.7, p = 0.02). The interdisciplinary learning experience improved critical-thinking ability in students with the least proficiency. As case studies have long been used to advance deeper learning, these data provide evidence for a broader impact of cases when used in an interdisciplinary setting, especially for those students coming in with the least ability.
เราเสร็จสมบูรณ์ประสบการณ์การศึกษาสำหรับนักศึกษาในโปรแกรมสุขภาพบัณฑิตวิทยาลัยที่ปรับปรุงคะแนนสำคัญความคิดของคนที่คะแนนต่ำสุดที่จุดเริ่มต้นของโครงการอย่างมีนัยสำคัญ ความคืบหน้าเกิดขึ้นหลังจากการประชุมรายสัปดาห์ 9 รอบ และคุย 6 กรณีศึกษาเน้นปัญหาปัจจุบันในการดูแลสุขภาพในกลุ่มอาศัยปรับปรุงในความคิดสำคัญโดยนักเรียนที่มีทักษะต่ำได้ถูกแสดงไว้ก่อนหน้านี้ ระหว่างหลักสูตรของหลักสูตรการพยาบาล นักเรียนที่คะแนนต่ำกว่าค่ามัธยฐานใน pretest พบการปรับปรุงอย่างมีนัยสำคัญในความคิดสำคัญในช่วง 4 ปีของโรงเรียนพยาบาล ว่ามีกลุ่มโดยรวมไม่เปลี่ยนแปลงในคะแนน WGCTA.4 จะเป็นเรื่องน่าสนใจ คะแนนสำคัญคิดเฉลี่ยทั้งกลุ่มมีระหว่างปีสุดท้ายของโปรแกรมหลังจากที่เกิดในปีที่สามIt remains unclear which classroom experiences, if any, foster critical think ability. We measured the effectiveness of interdisciplinary, case-based learning on the critical-thinking ability of graduate students enrolled in allied health care programs. We designed a voluntary classroom experience to examine the effectiveness of case studies used in an interdisciplinary setting to increase critical-thinking ability. Two groups of students were measured for their critical thinking ability using an online assessment both before and after their respective classroom experiences. One group of 14 graduate students from 4 different allied health care programs (interdisciplinary, ID) discussed complex interdisciplinary case studies and answered multiple-choice type questions formed around the cases. The second group was composed of graduate students (n = 28) from a single disciple enrolled in a clinical anatomy course (discipline specific, DS). They discussed complex case studies specific to their discipline and answered multiple-choice questions formed around the cases. There was no overall change in critical-thinking scores from the pre- to post-test in either group (delta scores: ID 1.5 ± 5.3, DS -1.7 ± 5.7). However, ID students scoring below the median on the pretest improved significantly (paired t-test, pre 50.7 ± 3.8, post 54.2 ± 1.7, p = 0.02). The interdisciplinary learning experience improved critical-thinking ability in students with the least proficiency. As case studies have long been used to advance deeper learning, these data provide evidence for a broader impact of cases when used in an interdisciplinary setting, especially for those students coming in with the least ability.
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We completed an educational experience for students enrolled in graduate health care programs that significantly improved the critical-thinking scores of those who scored the lowest at the beginning of the project. The progress occurred after meeting weekly for 9 sessions and discussing six case studies focused on current issues in heath care in interdisciplinary groups.
Improvement in critical-thinking ability by low-skilled students has been shown previously. During the course of a nursing curriculum, students scoring below the median on a pretest showed significant improvement in critical-thinking ability during their 4 years of nursing school, though there was no overall group change in scores on the WGCTA.4 Interestingly, the mean critical-thinking score for the entire group regressed during the final year of the program after peaking in the third year.
It remains unclear which classroom experiences, if any, foster critical think ability. We measured the effectiveness of interdisciplinary, case-based learning on the critical-thinking ability of graduate students enrolled in allied health care programs. We designed a voluntary classroom experience to examine the effectiveness of case studies used in an interdisciplinary setting to increase critical-thinking ability. Two groups of students were measured for their critical thinking ability using an online assessment both before and after their respective classroom experiences. One group of 14 graduate students from 4 different allied health care programs (interdisciplinary, ID) discussed complex interdisciplinary case studies and answered multiple-choice type questions formed around the cases. The second group was composed of graduate students (n = 28) from a single disciple enrolled in a clinical anatomy course (discipline specific, DS). They discussed complex case studies specific to their discipline and answered multiple-choice questions formed around the cases. There was no overall change in critical-thinking scores from the pre- to post-test in either group (delta scores: ID 1.5 ± 5.3, DS -1.7 ± 5.7). However, ID students scoring below the median on the pretest improved significantly (paired t-test, pre 50.7 ± 3.8, post 54.2 ± 1.7, p = 0.02). The interdisciplinary learning experience improved critical-thinking ability in students with the least proficiency. As case studies have long been used to advance deeper learning, these data provide evidence for a broader impact of cases when used in an interdisciplinary setting, especially for those students coming in with the least ability.
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