Advances in Medical Education and Practice (Nov 2020)
Use of Student-Generated Multiple Choice Questions to Enhance Team-Based Learning of Anatomy at the University of Rwanda
Abstract
Isaie Sibomana,1 Irenee David Karenzi,1 Irenee Niyongombwa,1 Jean Claude Byiringiro,1 Julien Gashegu,2 Faustin Ntirenganya1 1Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda; 2Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Butare, RwandaCorrespondence: Isaie SibomanaDepartment of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, 655 Kigali, Kigali, RwandaTel +250 788558658Email [email protected]: Teaching of human anatomy has undergone significant changes in the past three decades. At the University of Rwanda, anatomy is being taught using team-based learning (TBL). While student-generated multiple choice questions (MCQs) stimulate deeper thinking on a given topic, their impact on anatomy learning is not known. This study aimed to find out the impact of student-generated MCQs on the current anatomy teaching method at the University of Rwanda.Methods: In this comparative interventional study, two similar chapters on anatomy were selected; one was taught using TBL while for the other one, in addition to TBL, students were encouraged to set MCQs while studying. Pre- and post-test scores were analyzed using SPSS 23 and the Student’s t-test was used to compare the mean scores obtained.Results: Thirty-one medical students were recruited. Pre-test mean scores were 25.10 and 25.19 out of 50 for chapters 1 and 2, respectively. Although the students’ post-test scores improved after teaching for each chapter, the improvement was much greater for chapter 2 than for chapter 1, with mean scores of 39.97 and 32.45 out of 50, respectively (P< 0.05). Despite such improvement, almost half of the students found that setting MCQs was not easy.Conclusion: This study found that student-generated MCQs can be used as a simple and cost-effective tool to enhance TBL of anatomy.Keywords: anatomy, teaching, MCQs, TBL, University of Rwanda
