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This training package is addressed to lecturers and trainers in the field of paediatrics on how to assist paediatric undergraduate and resident students in developing and consolidating their soft skills for improving the quality of paediatric services.

Communicating with Other Health Care Staff in Pediatrics

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5.4. Teaching Soft Skills – Strategies and Methods
5.4.4. Team-Based Learning
Team-Based Learning is a structured, small-group, collaborative learning teaching strategy designed around units of instruction, known as “modules”, that are taught in a three-step cycle: preparation, in-class readiness assurance testing, and application-focused exercise. A class typically includes one module. Students must complete preparatory materials before a class or the start of the module. Materials may be text, visual or other, and set at a level that is appropriate to the students and the course.

The remainder of the session or module is taken up with exercises that help students learn how to apply and extend the knowledge that they have pre-learned and tested. Teams are given an appropriate problem or challenge, and must arrive at a consensus to choose a “best” solution out of options provided. Teams then display their answer choice, and the educator facilitates a classroom discussion between teams to explore the topic and the possible answers to the problem.

Team-Based Learning implementation is based on four underlying principles: groups should be properly formed, students are accountable for their pre-learning and for working in teams, team assignments must promote both learning and team development, students must receive frequent and immediate feedback.

Team-based learning has been associated with a variety of positive outcomes, including increased attendance, improved student preparation for learning, increased achievement, and development of student collaboration skills. The major components of team-based learning include: strategically-formed, permanent teams, readiness assurance, application activities, and peer evaluations.
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