Finaba Berete, Lydia Gisle, Stefaan Demarest, Rana Charafeddine, Olivier Bruyère, Stephan Van den Broucke, Johan Van der Heyden
Does health literacy mediate the relationship between socioeconomic status and health related outcomes in the Belgian adult population?
BMC public health
students must rapidly learn retain fundamental basic science knowledge doctor pharmacy curriculum active learning stimulates engagement reinforces concept understanding promotes retention knowledge purpose study determine introducing gamebased active recall critical thinking microlearning activities improved student comprehension challenging concepts exam performance successful completion biochemistry course microlearning activities generated using articulate storyline software questions problems embedded gamificationtype activities reinforce challenging biochemistry concepts improve critical thinking activities published blackboard student performance recorded students divided performance groups using first exam scores students exam scores related results corresponding microlearning statistical analysis results performed compare exam results outcomes microlearning activities student performance exams final scores positively correlated successful completion microlearning activities students successfully completed microlearning activities performed significantly better exams comparison students completed microlearning activities students initially struggled material completed microlearning improved performance exams passed course higher score contrast students struggled completed fewer activities failed improve exam course performance active recall critical thinking microlearning activities enhanced knowledge retention comprehension challenging biochemical concepts microlearning scores positively correlated student exam performance biochemistry course especially amongst students struggling material