The Spiral Curriculum: implications for online learning

BMC Medical Education

Table 2 Students' reasons for accessing previous courses

Year:	2^nd Year	3^rd Year	4^th Year	5^th Year	Total
Reason/N	91	71	29	24	215
Cases-Power Points	2.76	2.41	2.34	2.42	2.55
Cases-Lecture Notes	2.64	2.49	2.31	3.17	2.61
Anatomical Pathology Quizzes		3.76	5.45	7.00	4.77
Cases-Other Material	4.98	5.47	5.21	5.57	5.24
Other Power Points	5.86	4.93	5.14	5.41	5.41
Disc. Boards Work Links and Attachments	5.82	6.23	7.48	7.45	6.35
Disc. Boards Staff, Work related	6.09	6.78	8.81	8.45	6.94
Lang of Medicine Materials		7.09	7.00	8.38	7.30
Disc. Boards Students, Work related	6.93	8.58	8.85	9.41	7.99
Casual Browsing	9.60	9.89	9.54	8.82	9.60
Disc. Boards Off-Course Discussions	9.69	10.70	10.26	11.09	10.25
By mistake	10.38	11.02	10.00	10.00	10.50

In order of mean ranking, where 1 = most important and 12 = least important. (Note the exclusion of "Anatomical Pathology Quizzes" and "Language of Medicine Materials" from the 2^nd year course, as these are not "previous material" but are part of the 2^nd year course).

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