Effect of Interdisciplinary Small Group for Teaching Bioethics: Program Evaluation

Authors

Wai-Ming Kan
Li-Ling Lin
Chyi-Her Lin
Ching-Huey Chen

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to study the effectiveness of interdisciplinary small group teaching strategies in the teaching of Bioethics. First year students from five disciplines attending a medical college in southern Taiwan from September 2011 to January 2012 were enrolled and randomly assigned to groups of 6 to 9 students. At the end of semester students answered questions on the efficacy of the small group strategy. Interdisciplinary groups improved their perceived comprehensiveness of thinking and their ability to cooperate and communicate within a team. Before implementation of interdisciplinary small group teaching activities, learning objectives must be clearly defined and time allocated for class discussion should be appropriate.

First Page

39

Last Page

46

DOI

10.6145/jme.201203_16(1).0005

Recommended Citation

Kan, Wai-Ming; Lin, Li-Ling; Lin, Chyi-Her; and Chen, Ching-Huey (2012) "Effect of Interdisciplinary Small Group for Teaching Bioethics: Program Evaluation," Journal of Medical Education: Vol. 16: Iss. 1, Article 5.
DOI: [https://doi.org/]10.6145/jme.201203_16(1).0005
Available at: https://jme.researchcommons.org/journal/vol16/iss1/5