Medical students’ perspective on the place of team-based learning in the curriculum

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Anass Nuur Ali, Khamees Elbayouk, Abdirahman Osman Faculty of Medicine, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London, UKWe read with great interest the recent article by Yan et al1 discussing the use of Team-Based Learning (TBL) in medical school. As medical students, our exposure to a number of different learning methods allows us to offer a unique perspective on the effectiveness of TBL.Author’s replyJunhao YanDepartment of Anatomy and Histology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, People’s Republic of ChinaWe do agree with the opinion of Abdirahman Osman et al. The pre-reading for the sessions might increase the student’s burden, and sometimes, the traditional teaching method can improve the reading efficiency for the students. Therefore, it is better to establish a synergistic approach or balance between the TBL and traditional lectures. We do thank the team of Professor Abdirahman Osman for their valuable suggestion.View the original paper by Yan and colleagues.