TBL pedagogy yields higher objective theoretical test scores than traditional LBL in Chinese pharmacy education¶
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q3 i3 Students receiving TBL tend to get higher marks in objective theoretical tests than students receiving traditional LBL (SMD = 2.55, 95% CI [1.56, 3.55], p < 0.00001). → Lang Bingchen 2019
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Lang Bingchen 2019¶
Lang Bingchen, Zhang Lingli, Lin Yunzhu, Han Lu, Zhang Chuan, Liu Yantao. (2019). Team-based learning pedagogy enhances the quality of Chinese pharmacy education: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-019-1724-6
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Meta-analysis of 12 randomized controlled studies involving 1271 participants (631 receiving TBL) across Chinese pharmacy curricula. Because of heterogeneity (I2 = 98%), a random-effects model was used; the pooled estimate favored TBL with "SMD = 2.55, 95% CI [1.56, 3.55], p < 0.00001".
"Compared with the ones receiving traditional LBL pedagogy, students receiving TBL pedagogy were tend to get higher marks in objective theoretical tests (SMD = 2.55, 95% CI [1.56, 3.55], p < 0.00001)."
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