BMC medical education
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BMC medical education · Aug 2012
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyReinforcing outpatient medical student learning using brief computer tutorials: the Patient-Teacher-Tutorial sequence.
At present, what students read after an outpatient encounter is largely left up to them. Our objective was to evaluate the education efficacy of a clinical education model in which the student moves through a sequence that includes immediately reinforcing their learning using a specifically designed computer tutorial. ⋯ Outpatient learning frameworks could be structured to take best advantage of the heightened learning potential created by patient encounters. We propose the Patient-Teacher-Tutorial sequence as a framework for organizing learning in outpatient clinical settings.