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What is Team-Based Learning What is Team-Based Learning? Dean Parmelee MD Director, Educational Scholarship and Program Development Office of Medical Education
What does it take?
What does it take?
Definition Team-Based Learning (TBL) is a teacher-directed strategy for incorporating small-group active participation in large-group educational settings.
Components Team-Based Learning sequences the learning: 3. APPLICATION Learners APPLY the knowledge to increasingly complex problems 2. READINESS ASSURANCE Learners demonstrate (individually and in small groups) readiness to use desired knowledge 1. PREPARATION Learners acquire desired knowledge
Readiness Assurance Phase Transform Groups to Teams Individual accountability promotes preparation Group accountability promotes effective participation Teams learn how to make the ‘best’ decisions
Pulls a Group Together Quickly
The 4 S’s Application Phase Same Problem Specific Answer Significant Problem Simultaneous Reporting Problems that require the brainpower of the whole team to solve One BEST option, but others are ‘possible’ Teams teaching teams
Options for Group Application Exercise MCQ's – (NBME-like) Video Clips Images “Rolling Case” Focused written response ‘Gallery Walk’
1. CONTEXT, GOAL, OBJS – What do you want them to be able to do? Backward Design 4. PREPARATION Be specific, but know they will learn more to not let their team down. 3. READINESS ASSURANCE Truly foundational to the Group Application Exercise. 2. GROUP APPLICATION EXERCISE The answers cannot be ‘looked up.’ Only come from discussion. 1. CONTEXT, GOAL, OBJS – What do you want them to be able to do?
After you have your Group Application Exercise (GAE) What do they need to know to solve the problems? Be specific with your objectives and assignment. The Readiness Assurance process must be foundational to the Group Application Exercise
Words to the Wise…TIPS Design, detailing planning using backward design Prep materials, set up space Form Teams strategically – 5-7 is ideal; 3 teams minimal Application Exercise – pushes the envelope
Learn More…Great Resources www.teambasedlearning.org Video clips, bibliography, listserve, scholarship opportunities, learning community Annual Meeting of TBLC 12 Tips for Doing Effective Team-Based Learning (TBL), Parmelee & Michaelsen. Medical Teacher, 2010; 32; 118-122