Assessing the Efficacy of Active Learning to Support Student Performance Across Undergraduate Programmes in Biomedical Science.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Active learning is a useful tool to enhance student engagement and support learning in diverse educational situations. We aimed to assess the efficacy of an active learning approach within a large interprofessional first year Medical Cell Biology module taken by six healthcare programmes across the School of Biomedical Sciences at Ulster University, United Kingdom. Materials and methods: An active learning approach was developed for weekly formative assessment using Smartwork to design a weekly interactive multiple-choice quiz to reinforce key concepts specifically for each lecture. We tracked and assessed student performance in the module overall and in each element of course work and exam for 2 years prior to and following the introduction of an active learnin

SUBMITTER: Lees-Murdock DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10945544 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature