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Autor/inn/en | Zhao, Rusin; Wang, Tao; Yang, Ruijia; Adam, Lee A.; Zaharic, Tony; Loch, Carolina; Tompkins, Geoffrey R.; Cooper, Paul R. |
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Titel | Enhancing the Student Learning Experience: Co-Teaching Biochemistry and Clinical Sciences within the Dental Curriculum |
Quelle | In: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 51 (2023) 2, S.146-154 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Zusatzinformation | ORCID (Zhao, Rusin) ORCID (Adam, Lee A.) |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 1470-8175 |
DOI | 10.1002/bmb.21701 |
Schlagwörter | Student Experience; Team Teaching; Biochemistry; Science Instruction; Dentistry; Undergraduate Students; Learner Engagement; Electronic Learning; In Person Learning; Instructional Effectiveness |
Abstract | Basic knowledge of biochemistry underpins oral and dental care. Undergraduate dental students do not always engage well with basic science teaching due to not appreciating its clinical relevance. Co-teaching provides one approach to overcome students' disengagement and involves two lecturers, with complementary expertise, presenting the curriculum together. This study investigated student experiences and engagement using co-teaching to integrate biochemistry with clinical sciences in the students' second-year dental curriculum. Two successive second year dental student cohorts were co-taught. Content was delivered by a biochemist and an oral biologist, either online (during the 2020 COVID lockdown) or in-person (2021). Each cohort was surveyed at the end of the teaching module using an online questionnaire containing both interval scale and free-text questions. Responses were received from 39 (42%) and 64 (85%) of students in 2020 and 2021, respectively. Students from both cohorts preferred the co-teaching approach with a mean of 8.74 on a 10-point interval scale. In 2020 and 2021, 77% and 76% of participants, respectively, preferred a combined biochemistry and clinical dentistry delivery, either in-person (37%), via Zoom (19%) or via video recording (14%). Thematic analysis of responses revealed students experienced enhanced engagement when co-taught and they attributed this to integration of the curriculum making the content more relevant and stimulating. Students preferred co-teaching to individual subjects being taught by a single teacher. Co-teaching established the relevance of theoretical biochemistry to clinical dental sciences and enhanced the students' learning experience. (As Provided). |
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Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2024/1/01 |