Introducing integrated laboratory classes in a PBL curriculum: impact on student’s learning and satisfaction

BMC Medical Education

Table 4 Summarising students’ performance in the end of block Objective Structured Practical Examination (OSPE) in stations dealing with concepts covered in ILCs vs scores from stations covering concepts discussed in non-integrated classes

Block	Concept covered	Academic year 2010/2011			Academic year 2011/2012
Block	Concept covered	Station number	Scores in stations covering ILCs mean ± SD	Scores in stations not related to ILCs mean ± SD	Station number	Scores in stations covering ILCs mean ± SD	Scores in stations not related to ILCs mean ± SD
Nervous system block	Microbiology, Biochemistry & Pathology	12	1.32 ± 0.58	4.08 ± 1.97*	14 and 15	7.59 ± 2.02	8.06 ± 1.12**
Nervous system block						8.26 ± 2.67
Gastrointestinal & Haematology block	Microbiology, Biochemistry & Pathology	3, 7, 9 10, 11 and 12	9.08 ± 1.55	8.22 ± 1.40***	5, 6, and 9	8.69 ± 2.00	8.21 ± 1.06^#
			9.55 ± 2.02			8.01 ± 1.45
			8.82 ± 1.83			8.94 ± 1.92
			9.24 ± 1.76
			9.54 ± 1.24
			6.99 ± 3.61
Endocrine block	Biochemistry & Pathology	12 and 13	9.74 ± 0.89	9.87 ± 0.76^##	3 and 15	9.82 ± 0.92	9.84 ± 0.15^$
			7.47 ± 1.56			9.22 ± 1.33

Means (SD) are shown over two academic years in three blocks.
*P value < 0.009; **P value < 0.420; ***P value <0.342; ^#P value <0.299; ^##P value <0.301; ^$p value < 0.392.

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