?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Opinions+of+Tutors+and+Students+about+Effectiveness+of+PBL+in+Dokuz+Eylul+University+School+of+Medicine&rft.creator=Musal%2C+Berna&rft.creator=Taskiran%2C+Cahit&rft.creator=Kelson%2C+Ann&rft.subject=MEO+Peer+Reviewed&rft.description=Introduction%3A+The+aim+of+this+study+is+to+determine+the+opinions+of+tutors+and+students+about+the+effectiveness+of+Problem-based+Learning+in+Dokuz+Eylul+University+School+of+Medicine.%0AMethods%3A+A+questionnaire+with+a+five-point+Likert+scale%2C+with+1%3Aminimum%2C+5%3Bmaximum%2C+rating+PBL+effectiveness+was+administered+in+February+and+March+of+2001+to+tutors+and+students.+Response+rates+of+tutors+and+students+were+respectively+65.0%25+(130+out+of+201)+and+82.4%25+(346+out+of+420).+The+reliability+of+the+scale+was+high+(Cronbach+%3F%3D+0.90).%0AResults%3A+Ratings+of+tutors+and+students+respectively+on+identified+outcomes+of+PBL+varied+between+3.80-4.69+and+3.69-4.27+out+of+5+points.+Both+groups+gave+high+ratings+to+the+areas+of+clinical+reasoning%2C+communication+and+problem+solving+and+gave+lower+ratings+to+gaining+basic+science+knowledge.+Basic+science+tutors+rated+the+areas+of+problem+solving%2C+gaining+basic+science+knowledge+and+intrinsic+motivation+of+students+significantly+higher+than+did+clinical+science+tutors.%0ADiscussion%3A+According+to+the+results+of+this+study%2C+tutors%60+and+students%60+opinions+about+PBL+outcomes+were+similar+to+those+previously+reported+in+the+literature.+Both+groups+had+positive+opinions+about+PBL%E2%80%99s+effectiveness.+As+has+been+reported+in+other+studies%2C+tutors+and+students+gave+the+lowest+ratings+to+the+area+of+gaining+basic+science+knowledge.+However%2C+the+ratings+of+basic+science+tutors+were+higher+than+those+of+clinical+science+tutors+in+this+area.+This+may+be+due+to+pre-existing+beliefs+of+clinical+science+tutors+regarding+the+effectiveness+of+PBL+for+teaching+factual+basic+science+knowledge.&rft.date=2003-11&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3361%2F1%2Ff0000073.pdf&rft.identifier=++Musal%2C+Berna+and+Taskiran%2C+Cahit+and+Kelson%2C+Ann++(2003)+Opinions+of+Tutors+and+Students+about+Effectiveness+of+PBL+in+Dokuz+Eylul+University+School+of+Medicine.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3361%2F