Table 3 Motivation of medical students to develop skills in teaching and interest in implementing the PAL method
Question/Objective | Mean (SD)a | Mediana | Univ 1. b | Univ 2 | Univ 3 | Univ. 4 | Univ 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Motivation of the assistants to develop skills in teaching | |||||||
The session has encouraged me to practice student teaching in the future | 4.10 (0.73) | Agree | 4.24 (0.83) | 4.00 (0.71) | 4.14 (0.79) | 4.29 (0.76) | 3.88 (0.49) |
I think that doing peer teaching would be very beneficial for my professional development | 4.34 (0.60) | Agree | 4.38 (0.59) | 4.38 (0.51) | 4.43 (0.68) | 4.29 (0.76) | 4.18 (0.53) |
I would like to attend a session where teaching skills are taught | 4.34 (0.66) | Agree | 4.48 (0.60) | 4.46 (0.52) | 4.43 (0.75) | 4.57 (0.53) | 3.88 (0.60) |
Interest in implementing the PAL method to the university curriculum | |||||||
I believe that students with teaching skills can offer a class of similar or better quality than regular teachers | 4.35 (0.64) | Agree | 4.48 (0.51) | 4.31 (0.75) | 4.43 (0.75) | 4.14 (0.69) | 4.24 (0.56) |
It would be useful to implement courses using this methodology in the usual curriculum to reinforce the most complicated courses | 4.47 (0.53) | Agree | 4.48 (0.51) | 4.54 (0.52) | 4.57 (0.51) | 4.29 (0.76) | 4.35 (0.49) |
I would agree that PAL classes are held on vacation | 4.44 (0.55) | Agree | 4.33 (0.66) | 4.38 (0.51) | 4.57 (0.51) | 4.57 (0.53) | 4.41 (0.51) |