Calculation of the acceptable level of performance (ALP) for a MCQ test

Calculation of the acceptable level of performance    (ALP) for a MCQ test

1. Definition

The acceptable level of performance is a threshold value making it possible to decide (according to absolute criteria) whether a student "who knows barely enough" should be passed or failed. Calculation of the ALP for a test is not valid unless the number of MCQ is more than 30. Use of the ALP involves an advance judgment (before the test) on the relative difficulty of each question and enables a judgment based on the test as a whole to be made. Calculation of the ALP depends on the collective decision of several teachers each of whom has first made an independent judgment.

What is Virtual Education

What is Virtual Education

1. Courses taught entirely online, where physical distance between teacher and student is immaterial.

2. A form of education which is outside the classroom or partially outside the classroom that is based on taking advantage of the telematic potential of the Internet to carry out formal or other types of education, by means of learning activities supported by virtual learning environments.

Timeline in the History of Medical Simulation

Timeline in the History of Medical Simulation

1928-1929	Edwin Link builds first blue box trainer in basement of father's Binghamton, NY, piano and organ factory [7].
1931	Link becomes full-time flight instructor. His school offers both trainer and actual flight time [7] and [8].
1934	US Army buys 6 Link trainers [7] and [8].

The tutor as learning facilitator

The tutor as learning facilitator

Old model of teaching

The old traditional methods of education often followed the authoritarian model of teaching. This looks something like this:

Cooperation1

COOPERATION

COMING TOGETHER IS A BEGINNING, KEEPING TOGETHER IS PROGRESS,

WORKING TOGETHER IS SUCCESS

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PBL and TBL

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PBL AND TBL

                                               

Problem-based learning (PBL)	Task-based learning (TBL)
Learning surrounding a clinical problem	Learning surrounding clinical . tasks .
Clinical trigger is a paper scenario	Common problem/events encountered in daily practice. (For less common core problems/ topics, the facilitator can provide the scenarios to facilitate discussion.)

Re: COMMUNITY BASED LEARNING

COMMUNITY BASED LEARNING

Community Based Learning (CBL) is a pedagogical approach that is based on the premise that the most profound learning often comes from experience that is supported by guidance, context-providing, foundational knowledge, and intellectual analysis. The opportunity for students to bring thoughtful knowledge and ideas based on personal observation and social interaction to a course's themes and scholarly arguments brings depth to the learning experience for individuals and to the content of the course.