Kirk Roth, D Robert Siemens
The status of evidence-based medicine education in urology residency
Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada
recently concerted effort within medical schools depart conventional lecturebased learning approaches alternative teaching methods teambased learning tbl problembased learning pbl aim enhancing student engagement instructional efficacy despite shift comprehensive review directly compares impacts pbl tbl methods medical education lacking study seeks address gap conducting metaanalysis compares effects tbl pbl context medical education studies embase pubmed web science china national knowledge infrastructure chinese wanfang database searched inception july 11 2023 metaanalysis performed using stata 140 total 10 studies including 752 participants included standardized mean difference smd used estimate pooled effects heterogeneity detected using i2 statistic explored using metaregression analysis compared pbl tbl significantly increased number theoretical tests smd 037 95 ci 002073 additionally tbl greatly improved teamwork skills compared pbl however significant differences tbl pbl groups concerning practical skill scores learning interest understanding skills tbl theoretical aspects medical education appears effective pbl improving theoretical test scores teamwork skills providing evidence implementation tbl medical education