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Table 1 Focus group interview guide for medical students

From: Active learning of medical students in Taiwan: a realist evaluation

Opening Question

1. Tell us what active learning means to you.

Introductory Question

2. What sections of the integrated curriculum do you feel most related to your understanding of active learning and why?

Transition question

3. Think back to your experiences in the integrated curriculum. To what extent has this improved your active learning? Which aspects? How? Why? Tell me about a specific situation to help me understand.

Key Questions

4. How would you compare the rigor of active learning (CBL, TBL, and PBL) with passive learning (other didactic lectures)? (Workload?)

5. What is your role in the active learning process?

6. In which ways did the process of active learning pose barriers to your learning? Tell me about a specific situation to help me understand.

7. What was the most challenging part of active learning in terms of planning and preparation? Expectations? Tell me about a specific situation to help me understand.

8. How can we improve active learning across the curriculum?

End Question

9. Do you have any other comments about the active learning in curriculum?