| Teaching medical students basic neurotransmitter pharmacology using primary research resources. | |
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PMID: 21098388 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Teaching pharmacology to medical students has long been seen as a challenge, and one to which a number of innovative approaches have been taken. In this article, we describe and evaluate the use of primary research articles in teaching second-year medical students both in terms of the information learned and the use of the papers themselves. We designed a seminar where small groups of students worked on different neurotransmitters before contributing information to a plenary session. Student feedback suggested that when the information was largely novel, students learned considerably more. Crucially, this improvement in knowledge was seen even when they had not directly studied a particular transmitter in their work groups, suggesting a shared learning experience. Moreover, the majority of students reported that using primary research papers was easy and useful, with over half stating that they would use them in future study. |
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Amy C Halliday; Ian M Devonshire; Susan A Greenfield; Eleanor J Dommett |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Advances in physiology education Volume: 34 ISSN: 1522-1229 ISO Abbreviation: Adv Physiol Educ Publication Date: 2010 Dec |
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Created Date: 2010-11-24 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100913944 Medline TA: Adv Physiol Educ Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 205-12 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Pharmacology, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom. |
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