Combining teaching methods (PBL + WeChat, CBL + WeChat, PBL + CBL) achieves better academic performance than single methods in Chinese resident training¶
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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesisr3·q2
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q2 i? The authors interpret that combined methods achieve better results by learning from each other's strengths and weaknesses. → Guan Cheng Ye 2025
Evidence¶
Guan Cheng Ye 2025¶
Guan Cheng Ye, Chun Ping Liu, Wei Li, Hua Chao Zhu, Liu Lv, Zhen Hong Zhu, Yong Hong Wang, Jie Hu, Xiao Jia Zheng, Jing Ying Fang, Yu Cao Ma, Ming Xuan Liu, Yi Wen Wang, Ying Kai Gao, Zi Yu Zhang, Lu Ming Zhao, Cun Xiang Xie, Min Yee Lim, Hai Long Wang. (2025). Effectiveness of multiple teaching methods in standardized training of internal medicine residents in China: a network meta-analysis. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-07020-1
q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r3
Authors' interpretation in the discussion of their NMA findings; they explicitly speculate about the mechanism, offering no direct test of it.
"Our study found that compared to a single teaching method, the combination of multiple methods, such as PBL + Wechat and CBL + Wechat, can achieve better results. We speculate that this may be related to the combined use of multiple methods to achieve the effect of learning from each other's strengths and weaknesses."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Cluster analysis identifies PBL + WeChat, TBL and CBL + WeChat as most promising for theoretical and practical performance with low dissatisfaction — related
- Multiple new teaching methods (PBL + CBL, CBL + WeChat, TBL, PBL, PBL + EBM, CBL) each significantly outperform LBL on theoretical scores — related
- TBL alone and TBL combined with other methods both outperform LBL, with no significant difference between the two TBL formats — related
- PBL combined with WeChat outperforms LBL in theoretical test scores and reduces dissatisfaction among Chinese internal medicine residents — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
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