title: Theoretical versus practical orientations in pre-clinical biochemistry teaching.
abstract: A pre-clinical lecture on the relevance of biochemical theory to clinical practice may adopt either a theoretical or a practical orientation. These two approaches were compared in an experiment involving seventy-one second-year medical students. Theory-orientated teaching was superior for promoting recall, while neither method showed overall superiority for promoting application. These results suggest hypotheses for future research.
mesh_terms: D001671:Biochemistry / Q000193:education*; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004739:England; D011939:Mental Recall; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*