title: Team-based learning in an undergraduate nursing course.
abstract: To increase student participation in the learning process, active learning methods, including small group learning, have become increasingly popular in modern curricula. One kind of small group learning, team-based learning, is a relatively new instructional strategy in health care education. Team-based learning uses theoretically based and empirically grounded strategies for ensuring the effectiveness of small groups working independently in classes with high student-to-faculty ratios (e.g., up to 200:1), without losing the benefits of faculty-led small groups with lower ratios (e.g., 7:1). To explore the effectiveness of this learning pedagogy, we evaluated students' level of engagement and attitudes toward the value of teams. Findings demonstrated that team-based learning is an effective teaching strategy for large groups of students.
authors: School of Nursing, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA. michele.clark@unlv.edu
authors: Michele C
authors: MC
authors: Clark
authors: Hoang Thanh
authors: HT
authors: Nguyen
authors: Chris
authors: C
authors: Bray
authors: Ruth E
authors: RE
authors: Levine
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D017145:Models, Educational; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010379:Peer Group; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*