Theoretical versus practical orientations in pre-clinical biochemistry teaching |
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| Authors: | MARGARET REDFORD-ELLIS N. C. BOREHAM C. H. MORGAN |
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| Affiliation: | Departments of Medical Biochemistry, Adult &Higher Education, and Staff Teaching Workshop, University of Manchester |
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| Abstract: | A pre-clinical lecture on the relevance of biochemical theory to clinical practice may adopt either a theoretical or a practical orientation. These two approaches were compared in an experiment involving seventy-one second-year medical students. Theory-orientated teaching was superior for promoting recall, while neither method showed overall superiority for promoting application. These results suggest hypotheses for future research. |
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| Keywords: | Teaching/*methods *Education, medical undergraduate Biochemistry/*educ Recall England |
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