BACKGROUND Team-based learning (TBL) is a structured type of cooperative learning that has growing application in medical education. This study compares levels of student learning and teaching satisfaction for a neurology course between conventional lecture and team-based learning. METHODS The study incorporated 70 students aged 19 to 22 years at the school of rehabilitation. One half of the ...

Proponents of classroomand team-based exercises argue that structured group problemsolving activities enhance student learning. A team-based, guided design exercise conducted annually from 1985-2002 supports the claim that most teams reach superior decisions than individual students left to their own knowledge. However, a very small percentage of teams were not successful reaching a learning go...