Journal of Diagnostics Concepts & Practice ›› 2019, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (05): 595-601.doi: 10.16150/j.1671-2870.2019.05.023

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Effect of problem-based learning on teaching of diagnosticsfor medical students in China: ameta-analysis

FENG Yimei1,2, CHEN Xiaoli1,2, ZHANG Xi1,2()   

  1. 1. Department of Hematology, Xinqiao Hospital, Chongqing 400037, China
    2. State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury of Army Medical University, Chongqing 400037, China
  • Received:2018-10-12 Online:2019-10-25 Published:2019-10-25
  • Contact: ZHANG Xi E-mail:zhangxxi@sina.com

Abstract:

Objective: To evaluate the effect of problem-based learning (PBL) on teaching of diagnostics for medical students. Methods: Randomized controlled trials (RCT) of PBL on teaching of diagnostics from January 1990 to May 2018 were collected by literature searching. After evaluating the quality of literatures, RevMan 5.3 and Stata software were used to analyze the data. Results: A total of 25 RCT covering 3 825 medical students were included. Meta-analysis showed that theoretical scores and clinical skill scores of students accepting PBL were higher than those accepting traditional teaching. Moreover, it is superior to traditional teaching mode in improving their learning interest, clinical thinking and comprehensive analytic ability. Conclusions: The PBL not only can improve the students' academic examination score and the clinical skill, yet can also trigger the students' learning interest, increase the clinical thinking ability, and the clinical comprehensive analytic ability.

Key words: Problem-based learning, Traditional teaching, Diagnostics, Meta analysis

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