Publication year
1999Source
Medical Education (London), 33, 11, (1999), pp. 808-814ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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Organization
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Primary and Community Care
Journal title
Medical Education (London)
Volume
vol. 33
Issue
iss. 11
Page start
p. 808
Page end
p. 814
Subject
Learning in changing contextsAbstract
Objectives
The aim of this study was twofold. The first question concerns the way students make use of the learning issues they generate (as strict guidelines or as global guidelines) and whether this changes across years of training. The second question concerned the relationship between the way students make use of learning issues and the time spent on individual study and achievement on two tests of knowledge.
Design
A questionnaire was developed, containing seven items that measured to what extent students study strictly according to the student-generated learning issues and six items that measured to what extent students study beyond the student-generated learning issues. The questionnaire also contained one question in which students had to estimate the mean time spent on individual study. Achievement was measured by two forms of tests of knowledge, a block test assessing course content and a progress test assessing long-term functional knowledge.
Setting
Medical School of Maastricht University, the Netherlands.
Subjects
Medical students (response=69%) from the problem-based curriculum at the Maastricht University.
Results
During their first year students study strictly according to the content of the learning issues, whereas in later years students studied more according to their own learning needs and interests. In addition, students who tended to study beyond the generated learning issues spent more time on individual study and achieved better on both tests.
Conclusions
Students in a problem-based curriculum seem to become better self-directed learners during the years of training.
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