Effects of learning content in context on knowledge acquisition and recall: a pretest-posttest control group design

Table 2 Overview of the learning tasks and the provided (ir) relevant and (un) familiar context^a

Learning task	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5
Learning task	No context	Relevant-familiar context	Relevant-unfamiliar context	Irrelevant-familiar context	Irrelevant-unfamiliar context
Shoulder	Not applicable	Dislocated shoulder	Impingement of supraspinatus muscle	Parkinson’s disease	Hallevorden-Spatz disease
Wrist	Not applicable	Carpal tunnel syndrome	Trigger finger	Multiple Sclerosis	Huntington’s Disease
Knee	Not applicable	Ruptured knee ligaments	Patellofemoral pain syndrome	Alzheimer’s disease	Möbius syndrome
Ankle	Not applicable	Sprained ankle	Anterior compartment syndrome	Meningitis	Von Recklinghausen disease (neurofibromatosis)

The students completed a questionnaire assessing the participants’ familiarity with the context provided in the learning task to ascertain the chosen context were indeed (un) familiar to the students
^aFor clarity of reading, we have chosen to use the term ‘disease’ in this article when referring to the pathology/complaint/problem/affliction/condition/diagnosis of the musculoskeletal or neurological system on which the paper-patient was based

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