Test-reduced teaching for stimulation of intrinsic motivation (TRUST): a randomized controlled intervention study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The anatomy dissection course is a major part of the first two years of the traditional medical curriculum in Germany. The vast amount of content to be learned and the repeated examination is unanimously perceived by students and teachers as a major stress factor that contributes to the increase of psychosocial stress during the first two years of the course of study. Published interventions for specific stress reduction are scarce.

Methods

In a randomized, controlled design two intervention groups were compared with a control group (CG) over the whole dissection course (nine measuring points before, during and after first and second semester). The 'Stress Management intervention (IVSM)' targeted at the setting of personal standards, the 'Friendly Feedback interve

SUBMITTER: Faure T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11221006 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature