PBL-based teaching yields higher practical-skills assessment scores than LBL in Chinese standardized residency training¶

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Evidence · 1 study · q3 peer-reviewed experiment
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Across 27 RCTs, PBL-based intervention groups scored significantly higher on practical skills assessments (history taking, physical examination, diagnosis and treatment planning) than LBL groups (WMD = 8.52). → Li Tingting 2022

q3 i? Across 22 RCTs, PBL-based intervention groups scored significantly higher on operational skill scores than LBL groups (WMD = 6.54). → Li Tingting 2022

Evidence¶

Li Tingting 2022¶

Li Tingting, Wang Weidong, Li Zhijie, Wang Hongmiao, Liu Xiaodan. (2022). Problem-based or lecture-based learning, old topic in the new field: a meta-analysis on the effects of PBL teaching method in Chinese standardized residency training. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03254-5

q3 · i?

Meta-analysis of 27 publications involving 1568 residents (intervention 787, LBL 781) reporting practical skills assessments; random-effects model due to high heterogeneity (I2 = 89.8%); the pooled estimate favored "the intervention group compared to the LBL group".

"The pooled effect size showed a significant difference in PS assessments (WMD = 8.52, 95% CI: 7.50–9.53, P < 0.0001) in favor of the intervention group compared to the LBL group"

Discussion¶

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