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Abstract
Background
This project aims to investigate the effects of a student-led journal club on students’ critical thinking and clinical application skills in the academic field of aging and physical activity.
Methods
A pre-post design analysis with data collected in four successive cohorts of the program M.Sc. Sport and Movement Gerontology was conducted. Each student assigned himself/herself to a study, and then led the journal club discussion and published a summary of the journal club via graphical abstract on social media. The students rated their perceived confidence in the beginning (T0) and after the semester (T1) via questionnaire and 5-point Likert scales addressing their ability to review and summarize the evidence, to present it in a journal club and to lead the discussion.
Results
41 students (32 women, M = 25 years SD 1.9 years) were included. The journal club was rated as “very good” (median 2, IQR 1). Students’ confidence on participating, leading the journal club and transferring the results into clinical practice improved significantly (r ≥ 0.6, p
Discussion
The student-led journal club shows to be an effective teaching approach for the field of aging and physical activity within applied health science education. Especially the students’ self-assignment to the studies and involving the scientific community via social media was rated as useful and highly motivating for students and lecturers.
This project aims to investigate the effects of a student-led journal club on students’ critical thinking and clinical application skills in the academic field of aging and physical activity.
Methods
A pre-post design analysis with data collected in four successive cohorts of the program M.Sc. Sport and Movement Gerontology was conducted. Each student assigned himself/herself to a study, and then led the journal club discussion and published a summary of the journal club via graphical abstract on social media. The students rated their perceived confidence in the beginning (T0) and after the semester (T1) via questionnaire and 5-point Likert scales addressing their ability to review and summarize the evidence, to present it in a journal club and to lead the discussion.
Results
41 students (32 women, M = 25 years SD 1.9 years) were included. The journal club was rated as “very good” (median 2, IQR 1). Students’ confidence on participating, leading the journal club and transferring the results into clinical practice improved significantly (r ≥ 0.6, p
Discussion
The student-led journal club shows to be an effective teaching approach for the field of aging and physical activity within applied health science education. Especially the students’ self-assignment to the studies and involving the scientific community via social media was rated as useful and highly motivating for students and lecturers.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 756 |
| Journal | BMC Medical Education |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 756 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 11.10.2023 |
Research areas and keywords
- Adult
- Aging
- Curriculum
- Educational Measurement/methods
- Exercise
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Students, Pharmacy
- Teaching
- Young Adult
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#FoL2.0 in der Sport- und Bewegungsgerontologie: Forschendes Lernen trifft Wissenschaftskommunikation
01.10.21 → 31.03.23
Project: Funded by third parties