Too much time or not enough? An observational study of teacher wait time after questions in case-based seminars.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We define teacher wait time (TWT) as a pause between a teacher question and the following response given by a student. TWT is valuable because it gives students time to activate prior knowledge and reflect on possible answers to teacher questions. We seek to gain initial insights into the phenomenon of TWT in medical education and give commensurate recommendations to clinical teachers.

Methods

We observed n = 719 teacher questions followed by wait time. These were video-recorded in 29 case-based seminars in undergraduate medical education in the areas of surgery and internal medicine. The seminars were taught by 19 different clinical teachers. The videos were coded with satisfactory reliability. Time-to-event data analysis was used to explore TWT overall and indep

SUBMITTER: Hausler J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11202393 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature