Physician associate (PA) students' perceptions of team-based learning (TBL) for teaching in Geriatric medicine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physician Associates have recently been introduced to the UK healthcare workforce. Their curriculum includes important topics in Geriatric medicine. As they undertake a 2-year intensive postgraduate course we wanted to explore if Team-based Learning is an effective and efficient learning strategy. In addition, we wanted to know how this approach compares to their current learning methods, namely Problem-based learning and lectures.

Methods

This was a qualitative study of Physician associate student perceptions of Team-Based Learning. After introducing four TBL sessions in the specialty of Geriatric medicine we sent students anonymous questionnaires asking them about their TBL experience and how it compared to PBL and lectures. We then undertook a thematic analysis

SUBMITTER: Aweid B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11792404 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature