PMID- 31123772
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200224
LR  - 20200224
IS  - 1279-8517 (Electronic)
IS  - 0930-1038 (Linking)
VI  - 41
IP  - 10
DP  - 2019 Oct
TI  - Peer-assisted learning versus didactic teaching in osteology for first-year 
      Indian undergraduate medical students: a quasi-experimental study.
PG  - 1163-1171
LID - 10.1007/s00276-019-02259-y [doi]
AB  - PURPOSE: The utility of peer-assisted learning (PAL) in anatomy education has 
      been recognized. In this study, PAL was incorporated into osteology teaching for 
      the first-year medical students and compared to traditional didactic methods 
      (TDM). METHODS: This was a cross-over intervention study. The class of 60 
      students was divided into two equal groups. The first group underwent PAL for 
      five upper limb osteology sessions and TDM for all lower limb osteology classes. 
      The second group underwent TDM for five upper limb osteology classes and PAL for 
      lower limb osteology classes. A pre-session test (PrST) and post-session test 
      (PoST) were conducted for each session using multiple choice type questions. 
      Perceptions of students about PAL were collected using a questionnaire. Between 
      and within group differences were estimated using the independent sample T test 
      and paired T test, respectively. The responses in the questionnaire were 
      summarized and open-ended responses categorized into broad themes. RESULTS: 
      Greater group differences were noted in the PrST as compared to the PoST mean 
      scores, with the PAL group showing higher mean scores for both upper and lower 
      limb sessions. Significantly higher PoST scores compared to PrST scores for all 
      the sessions were observed regardless of the method used. Significantly higher 
      scores in the PrST or PoST scores were noted in the PAL group for five sessions. 
      Most aspects of PAL were appreciated by the students. CONCLUSIONS: This study 
      provides evidence that PAL is at least as effective as TDM in learning osteology 
      among the first-year medical students.
FAU - Anantharaman, Lakshmi Trikkur
AU  - Anantharaman LT
AD  - Department of Anatomy, St. John's Medical College, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore, 
      Karnataka, 560034, India.
FAU - Ravindranath, Yogitha
AU  - Ravindranath Y
AD  - Department of Anatomy, St. John's Medical College, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore, 
      Karnataka, 560034, India.
FAU - Dayal, Stephen
AU  - Dayal S
AD  - Department of Anatomy, St. John's Medical College, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore, 
      Karnataka, 560034, India.
FAU - Shankar, Nachiket
AU  - Shankar N
AD  - Department of Anatomy, St. John's Medical College, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore, 
      Karnataka, 560034, India. nachiket76@gmail.com.
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20190523
PL  - Germany
TA  - Surg Radiol Anat
JT  - Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA
JID - 8608029
SB  - IM
MH  - Cross-Over Studies
MH  - Education, Medical, Undergraduate/*methods
MH  - Educational Measurement/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - India
MH  - Learning
MH  - Male
MH  - Osteology/*education
MH  - *Peer Group
MH  - Program Evaluation
MH  - Students, Medical/psychology/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires/statistics & numerical data
MH  - *Teaching
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Didactic teaching
OT  - First-year undergraduate medical students
OT  - India
OT  - Osteology
OT  - Peer-assisted learning
EDAT- 2019/05/28 06:00
MHDA- 2020/02/25 06:00
CRDT- 2019/05/25 06:00
PHST- 2019/01/25 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/05/17 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/05/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/02/25 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/05/25 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s00276-019-02259-y [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s00276-019-02259-y [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Surg Radiol Anat. 2019 Oct;41(10):1163-1171. doi: 10.1007/s00276-019-02259-y. 
      Epub 2019 May 23.