The Tutorial System Doesn't Help 1st-Year Students Develop Interests and Proper Attitudes for Studying / 医学教育

We have previously reported that tutorials help medical students develop analytical ability, which is necessary for problem-solving. In this study we analyzed students' assessments of tutorials, results of term-end examinations, and posttutorial questionnaires to determine whether tutorials help students develop interests and proper attitudes for studying. The results suggest that our tutorials are not sufficient for medical students to develop interests and proper attitudes for studying.

Development of Analytical Ability with the Tutorial System for 1st-Year Students at Kanazawa Medical University / 医学教育

We previously reported that the tutorial system had a beneficial effect on our students' scores on term-end examinations in 1994: the assessments of the tutorials correlated positively with the results of the term-end test. This time we analyzed each student's assessment of the tutorials, results of the term-end examinations, and responses to a follow-up questionnaire to determine what abilities the tutorial system helped students develop. The results suggest that tutorials help medical students develop analytical ability: a prerequisite for the problem-solving process.