Required reading during the course of this elective:

• Team-Based Learning for Health Professionals Education; A Guide to Using Small Groups for Improving Learning. Editor: Larry Michaelsen. 2008. Published by Stylus. EAN: 978-1-57922-248-2
  • Here's a link to an e-version available through the IU library system. You should be able to go straight to it, but a login will be required.
    • http://iucat.iu.edu/catalog/12347116
  • In the off chance you need a VPN, here's that link:
    • http://iuware.iu.edu/search?q=pulse
• Occasional issue with some of the PDF files: Mischief has gotten into some of the PDF files. Every now and then one will not open when you click the link. I'm not sure of the problem, but I've found that if you close the new window and click again on the link, the file will open. I have also found that if you download the file to your own computer (right click and choose the 'save as' option), you can open the saved copy without problem. Unsolved mystery.
• Selected current articles. (Click here a printable bibliography. Links to the articles will follow.)

Course components:  20% library; 70% individual study; 10% faculty and group study. 

Computer requirements:

• Create an IUBox account and share it with both me (braunm@indiana.edu) and Dr. Lodge-Rigal (rlodgeri@indiana.edu) Here's the link:  https://box.iu.edu/
• Be sure you have a computer and browser compatible with Zoom for our online weekly meetings and I will provide you the link once we get going.

Time table of assignments:

• Reading and authoring assignments are outlined by week. Just keep moving through the website and you'll see a page for each of the four weeks. In general there will be readings from Team-Based Learning for Health Professionals, as well as selected articles from the bibliography list. Each week there will be an authoring assignment.

• Weekly assignments, in addition to the authoring a TBL, you will perform a literature search and share an article dealing the with the following:

  • The educational topic of that week

  • Your TBL writeup

• You will write three TBLs this month, that is to say you get a bye week, and it's the week of your choosing. Although no TBL is due, you still must do the reading and literature search.

Assessments:  A student’s grade will be assessed on successfully completion the above stated course objectives and assignments. Included in this will be:

• Completing and writing a summary of a literature search of the application of TBL teaching methodology as it applies to the student’s specific interest area of undergraduate medical education. Included in the rubric for grading the paper will be:
  • Thoroughness of the literature review.
  • Rigor of analysis of the literature.
  • Ability to clearly communicate in a written form their findings and analysis.
  • Reaching logical conclusions regarding their stated goals for the paper.
• Completing three TBL exercises which will be assessed with respect to the following criteria:
  • Is the TBL presented in the context of real world medical problem?
  • Does the TBL attempt to activate relevant prior knowledge or experience?
  • Does the TBL demonstrate what is to be learned rather than simply tell information?
  • Do learners have the opportunity to practice and apply their newly acquired knowledge or skill?
  • Does the TBL provide techniques that encourage learners to integrate the new knowledge or skill into their everyday ‘medical’ life?
• Oral reports: Oral reports will consist of formal and informal discussions with the elective director, other pertinent faculty and/or students.

Grades and competencies