Interdisciplinary Placement clinical trials

Collaboration Rather Than Isolation: Preparing Doctors of Tomorrow for Improved Medical Diagnosis

In this study, the investigators wish to explore the optimal student ratio in the simulated setting for subsequent skills transfer. The study aims to explore if there are differences in the effect of collaborative learning as a function of the number of collaborators with respect to future individual learning and transfer. Additionally, the investigators will aim to get a better understanding of the interactive processes that take place during collaborative learning. Many different theories have been used to understand collaborative learning, but few observational data have been reported in the medical literature. To gain a deeper understanding of what happens and why, the investigators plan to video record participants during their initial training and code the videos using the ICAP framework. The ICAP framework was developed by Chi in 2009 and is based on students' behaviours to reflect different modes of engagement in learning. The four behavioural modes are described as passive (P), active (A), constructive (C) and interactive (I) and each mode is associated with different examples of learning activities that can be coded. The ICAP theory proposes a hierarchical distribution of learning activities, where interactive activities are superior to constructive activities, which are superior to active activities, which are superior to passive activities (I>C>A>P). The investigators aim to investigate if this framework can serve as a conceptual framework to describe the activities that takes place during training and if these activities can be related to learning outcomes.