Assessing the impact of Medical Microbiology classes using active strategies on short- and long-term retention on medical students: an innovative study

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2019

Authors

Azevedo, MM (Author) Other; Sofia Costa de Oliveira (Author) FMUP; Teixeira Santos, R (Author) FEUP; Silva, AP (Author) Other; miranda, im (Author) FMUP; Carmen Silva (Author) FMUP; pina-vaz, c (Author) FMUP; rodrigues, ag (Author) FMUP

Journal

Title: Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Vol. 50

Pages: 165-173

ISSN: 1517-8382

Publisher: Springer Nature

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Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00Q-6GE

DOI: 10.1007/s42770-018-0031-4

Abstract (EN): One of teachers' concerns, with students in general and medical students in particular, is to ensure as much as possible that information goes from students' short-term memories to their long-term memories. The present study focuses on knowledge retention in Medical Microbiology and assesses the effectiveness of some strategies implemented for short- and long-term retention. A pre- and post-test was used to assess student's learning. This study involved students of Porto University (test group). Test group participants were all attending the third year of the Medicine Degree Program. The results of post-test 1 were considered very positive and support the importance of these applied active activities and/or methodologies in Medical Microbiology for short-term retention. However, the results obtained in post-test 2 showed that knowledge retention after 9months, despite substantial, decreases.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 9