Educational innovation in an undergraduate medical course: Implementation of a blended e-learning, team-based learning model

ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv TABLE OF CONTENTS vi LIST OF TABLES ix CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1 BACKGROUND 1 MEDICAL EDUCATION IN THE LAST 100 YEARS 2 MEDICAL SCHOOL CURRICULAR STRUCTURE 4 THE RESEARCH SETTING 7 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 8 ORGANIZATION OF THESIS 8 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 10 OVERVIEW OF CHAPTER 10 LEARNING TO TEACH IN THE IVORY TOWER 10 TEAM-BASED LEARNING 15 BLENDED LEARNING 17 CHAPTER THREE: METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS ... 22 OVERVIEW OF THE CHAPTER 22 Research Questions 22 METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION 24 Question #1 24 Question #2 24 Question #3 28 METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS 29 CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS 33 OVERVIEW OF THE CHAPTER 33 DEMOGRAPHICS 34 QUESTION #1 34 Introduction to Course 34