Most CBL interventions report positive effects on knowledge, attitudes, and skills, but studies finding no positive effect were often randomized controlled trials¶

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Evidence · 1 study (3 entries) · review r3 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Of 120 studies assessing knowledge, 90 (75.0%) reported improved knowledge acquisition, 27 found no significant effects, and 3 multicenter randomized controlled trials reported no positive effect. → Taveira-Gomes T 2016 q2 i? Of 212 studies, 161 (93.6%) found positive attitudes toward interventions, 8 neutral, and 3 negative. → Taveira-Gomes T 2016 (2) q2 i? The review observes that studies finding no positive effect in any learning outcome were often randomized controlled trials, some multicenter. → Taveira-Gomes T 2016 (3)

Evidence¶

Taveira-Gomes T 2016¶

Taveira-Gomes T, Ferreira P, Taveira-Gomes I, Severo M, Ferreira MA. (2016). What Are We Looking for in Computer-Based Learning Interventions in Medical Education? A Systematic Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.5461

q2 · i? · review · r3

The review's synthesis of knowledge end points across 212 intervention studies; knowledge was assessed in 120 articles, mostly via multiple choice quizzes (81.7%).

"Of the 120 studies, 90 reported that interventions improved knowledge acquisition (75.0%), while 27 studies did not find significant effects (22.5%) and 3 multicenter randomized controlled trials reported that interventions did not positively affect knowledge acquisition (2.5%)"

Taveira-Gomes T 2016 (2)¶

Taveira-Gomes T, Ferreira P, Taveira-Gomes I, Severo M, Ferreira MA. (2016). What Are We Looking for in Computer-Based Learning Interventions in Medical Education? A Systematic Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.5461

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

Attitude end point synthesis across 172 studies assessing attitudes, predominantly with Likert scales (94.8%).

"In addition, 161 studies found positive attitudes toward interventions (93.6%), 8 found neutral attitudes (4.7%), and 3 reported negative attitudes (1.7%)"

Taveira-Gomes T 2016 (3)¶

Taveira-Gomes T, Ferreira P, Taveira-Gomes I, Severo M, Ferreira MA. (2016). What Are We Looking for in Computer-Based Learning Interventions in Medical Education? A Systematic Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.5461

q2 · i? · review · r3

The review's discussion-level observation contrasting generally positive uncontrolled findings with null results in randomized controlled trials, attributed to lack of comparable arms.

"Interestingly, studies that found no positive effect in any of the learning outcomes were often randomized controlled trials [66,83-86], some of them running in multiple institutions"

Discussion¶

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