Active review sessions can advance student learning.

Active review sessions can advance student learning.

Favero TG. Active review sessions can advance student learning. Adv Physiol Educ. 2011;35:247-8 "Because of the vast amount of information in textbooks and other electronic media, most students today have a difficult time discerning the essential content of the discipline and how it might be used to solve problems" The author discusses the need of students to have review sessions before their exams. He tries a new approach where he conducts such a review session in regular class hours. Each student is asked to note down issues and problems s/he thinks is important for learning in the profession. He then describes…
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Case study: library usage at an Indian medical college

Case study: library usage at an Indian medical college

Shah C, Parmar HD. Case study: library usage at an Indian medical college. Health Info Libr J. 2011 Mar;28(1):77-81. The article discusses library usage in a medical school in a small town (Bhavnagar). It covers the use of a physical collection, since computers were added to the library after this research was completed. The authors analyze the usage pattern and compare it to other studies in India. They mention that though majority were satisfied with the library there is a need for more effort towards self directed learning through the use of library resources. They conclude that librarians can do…
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Teaching evidence based medicine literature searching skills to medical students during the clinical years – a protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Teaching evidence based medicine literature searching skills to medical students during the clinical years – a protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Ilic D, Tepper K, Misso M. Teaching evidence based medicine literature searching skills to medical students during the clinical years - a protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMC Med Educ. 2011 Jul 28;11(1):49 This article is a protocol for an RCT which will be conducted in the Monash University, to assess the need, importance and various other aspects of teaching 3rd MBBS students about how to ask a focused question and how to do a literature search for EBM. The comparison will be done between a study group that receives training and a control group that does not. The…
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