出版社：Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)
摘要：Purpose: The study aimed to obtain student perceptions about the influence of problem-based learning on self-directed learning skills among undergraduate basic science medical students.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among first to sixth-semester undergraduate medical students during the last week of July 2016. A previously used instrument was used after obtaining written permission from the developers. The data was analyzed using statistical package for social sciences version 20. The free text comments were tabulated.Results: Fifty-two of the 90 students (58%) participated. The majority of respondents were between 20 to 30 years of age, and of either American or Canadian nationality. The gender distribution was nearly equal. The mean self-management of learning, independent pursuit of learning, learner control of instruction and personal autonomy scores were 2.95, 2.94, 2.98 and 2.87 (maximum possible score being 4). There were no significant differences in the mean domain scores according to age group, gender, and nationality of respondents.Conclusion: Respondents in the present study showed good scores on most statements related to the four dimensions of self-directed learning. Due to the hybrid nature of the curriculum and due to lectures being the dominant teaching-learning strategy, students may have devoted less effort and time to the PBL topics.
关键词：Caribbean region; medical students; problem-based learning; self-directed learning
