Effectiveness of tutor shadowing on faculty development in problem-based learning.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To enhance tutors' teaching skills, tutor shadowing for novice tutors of problem-based learning (PBL) in addition to conventional faculty development (FD) was applied. This study aimed to develop a tutoring-skill scale (TS-scale) and evaluate the effect of shadowing on PBL tutors.

Methods

This study employed a before-and-after study design with three phases. In phase 1, a TS-scale was elaborated. A validity examination was performed in phase 2. Phase 3 was a study of the effectiveness using a TS-scale survey of novice PBL tutors before and after the FD course. The FD course for novice PBL tutors included an FD workshop and PBL shadowing activities.

Results

A TS-scale with a 32-item questionnaire of self-rated confidence for PBL tutors was identified in phas

SUBMITTER: Tsai CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9306026 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature