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Table 5 Suggested Resources for Increasing Use of Active Learning Methods in Continuing Medical Education Units in the U.S. and Canada in 2019 Using Descriptive Statistics and Cronbach’s Alpha from Survey Questions

From: Making it stick: use of active learning strategies in continuing medical education

Resources for Increasing the Use of AL

Very helpful/ moderately helpful

Somwhat helpful

A little helpful/ Not at all helpful

AL-related faculty development materials

89.2% (99)

9.9% (11)

0.9% (1)

Assistance from educational strategists

85.6% (95)

8.1% (9)

6.3% (7)

Institutional recognition for AL teaching / curriculum development

83.8% (93)

13.5% (33)

2.7% (8)

Institution-wide training sessions on AL

67.6% (75)

22.5% (25)

9.9% (11)

Best-practice publications about AL

63.1% (70)

29.7% (33)

7.2% (8)

Other resources n = 3

Cronbach’s alpha

95% CI

Lower Bound

Upper Bound

0.82

0.75

0.87

  1. mean (SD) 4.09 (0.24)
  2. AL Active Learning
  3. U.S. United States
  4. 95% CI 95% Confidence Interval
  5. Data are represented as % (n) of respondents