Weilin Zhang, Jinsong Wei, Weixiong Guo, Zhongwei Wang, Siyuan Chen
Comparing the effects of team-based and problem-based learning strategies in medical education: a systematic review
BMC medical education
accurately measuring recording length area lesions affects judgement forensic report surgical wound management countries billing health care services aim study determine whether length area lesions described physicians estimation accurate study designed crosssectional descriptive study conducted 494 participants consisting internists physicians ondokuz mays university faculty medicine participants asked estimate lengths areas 6 different shapes questionnaire form without using measuring instrument participants 216 437 interned physicians 278 563 physicians 122 people 247 answered curved line shape length 4 cm exact value average values given internists shape higher average values given physicians shape found away true value determined half participants gave values actual length area values shapes observed rate correct estimation line shapes higher rate correct estimation area shapes exact values 10 margin error line shapes observed number gave exact values decreased line length increased preparing forensic reports determining surgical wound management billing estimated data used lesion description would also useful develop tools enable physicians make measurements terms easy use