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Title: Introducing integrated case-based learning to clinical nutrition training and evaluating students’ learning performance
Authors: Farha, Rand J. Abu
Zein, Mona H.
Kawas, Sausan Al
Keywords: Case-based learning
Clinical nutrition training
Integrated learning
Life-long learning
Nutrition care process
Issue Date: 2021
Publisher: Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences
Series/Report no.: Original Article;558-564
Abstract: Objectives: Clinical nutrition training is an essential course for clinical nutrition and dietetics (CN&D) students. The training combines theoretical knowledge with practical skills. The goal is to prepare competent graduates for future practice. Case-based learning is an active learning method based on cases from the clinical setting. This study aimed to introduce an integrated case-based learning (ICBL) method to the clinical training of a cohort of CN&D students and to evaluate its impact on the students’ knowledge of nutrition care process. Methods: This action research project employed an ICBL-method of teaching in the clinical training of senior students in the CN&D course at the University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Ten integrated case-based learning sessions were conducted with 29 students. The record of the nutrition care process was used to evaluate the learners’ performance through a pretest-posttest mechanism. Furthermore, a focus group interview was conducted to determine the impact of the ICBL-based training on the students’ learning experience. Results: All of the students (100%) showed improvement in their learning. There was a 55% improvement in their grades. There was also self-perceived improvement of their life-long learning skills after the ICBL sessions. Conclusion: Integraed case-based learning positively influenced learning among CN&D students. Consequently, the students were able to describe appropriate and individualized nutritional care plans. The students were satisfied with the training and considered ICBL to be an effective method of clinical training.
URI: http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/6922
ISSN: 1658-3612
Appears in Collections:Vol 16 No 4 (2021)

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