Team-based Learning For Health Professions Education: A Guide To Using Small Groups For Improving Learning

Team-Based Learning for Health Professions Education ................. 16662$ $$FM 10-19-07 12:06:02 PS PAGE i ................. 16662$ $$FM 10-19-07 12:06:02 PS PAGE ii Team-Based Learning for Health Professions Education A Guide to Using Small Groups for Improving Learning Edited by Larry K. Michaelsen Dean X. Parmelee Kathryn K. McMahon and Ruth E. Levine Foreword by Diane M. Billings STERLING, VIRGINIA ................. 16662$ $$FM 10-19-07 12:06:04 PS PAGE iii copyright  2008 by stylus publishing, llc. Published by Stylus Publishing, LLC 22883 Quicksilver Drive Sterling, Virginia 20166–2102 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying, recording and information storage and retrieval, without permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Team-based learning for health professions education : a guide to using small groups for improving learning / edited by Larry K. Michaelsen . . . [et al.] ; foreword by Diane M. Billings.— 1st ed. p. ; cm. Includes index. ISBN 978–1-57922–247–5 (hardcover : alk. paper)— ISBN 978–1-57922–248–2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Medical education. 2. Team learning approach in education. 3. Problem-based learning. I. Michaelsen, Larry K., 1943– [DNLM: 1. Education, Medical—methods. 2. Group Processes. 3. Problem-Based Learning—methods. W 18 T2539 2008] R834.T46 2008 610.71⬘1—dc22 2007021701 EAN: 978–1-57922–247–5 (cloth) EAN: 978–1-57922–248–2 (paper) Printed in the United States of America All first editions printed on acid free paper that meets the American National Standards Institute Z39–48 Standard. Bulk Purchases Quantity discounts are available for use in workshops and for staff development. Call 1–800–232–0223 First Edition, 2008 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The cover photo, by Darren Harbert, shows medical students in team-based learning at the Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University. ................. 16662$ $$FM 10-19-07 12:06:07 PS PAGE iv We dedicate this book to our past, present, and future students, who deserve opportunities to learn what they need to know and how to use it. We gratefully acknowledge the many faculty who have given us ideas for improving team-based learning and terrific feedback on what works and what does not. The contributors to this book have become a ‘‘team’’ through the months of preparation, and we thank them. The Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University provided considerable support for this project and others that have strengthened the practice of team-based learning. A special thanks for their assistance to Elizabeth Ash, Lynn Compton, and Ruth Paterson in the Office of Academic Affairs. ................. 16662$ $$FM 10-19-07 12:06:07 PS PAGE v ................. 16662$ $$FM 10-19-07 12:06:07 PS PAGE vi Contents Foreword Diane M. Billings ix Preface L. Dee Fink and Dean X. Parmelee xi PART ONE: FUNDAMENTALS 1 Team-Based Learning in Health Professions Education Why Is It a Good Fit? Dean X. Parmelee 2 Fundamental Principles and Practices of Team-Based Learning Larry K. Michaelsen and Michael Sweet 3 Creating Effective Team Assignments Larry K. Michaelsen and Michael Sweet 4 Improving Critical Thinking Skills in the Medical Professional With Team-Based Learning Herbert F. Janssen, N. P. Skeen, John Bell, and William Bradshaw 5 An Educational Rationale for the Use of Team-Based Learning Didactic Versus Dialectic T