Amato D, Novales-Castro XJ

Language: Spanish
References: 15
Page: 219-226
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ABSTRACT

Objective: to measure the acceptance of problem based learning (PBL), to find out if they consider that spending extra-time is worthy, how they perceive their own learning, and how it correlated with other learning parameters.
Methods: after exposure to PBL during one semester, a cross sectional survey based on Likert-type scale was conducted to measure the students’ opinion about PBL acceptance and perception of their own learning. The sample was 268 (65 %) females and 143 (35 %) males from the 3rd semester of the medical school. The Spearman’s correlation was used for analysis.
Results: PBL was considered to be useful or very useful for their learning to 89 % of the students. The PBL used longer time working after the classroom activities. The extra-time spent in the course was considered worthy by 77 %. Perception of their own learning correlated with the marks that they obtained (rho = 0.202, p < 0.0001), and with the acceptance of PBL (rho = 0.291, p ‹ 0.0001).
Conclusions: Students’ acceptance of PBL was corroborated. Perception of a better learning correlated with higher marks and, with better acceptance of PBL and with the perception that the additional time spent was worth while.

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