Incentive structure in team-based learning: graded versus ungraded Group Application exercises.

Purpose: Previous studies on team-based learning (TBL) in medical education demonstrated improved learner engagement, learner satisfaction, and academic performance; however, a paucity of information exists on modifications of the incentive structure of "traditional" TBL practices. The current study investigates the impact of modification to conventional Group Application exercises by examining student preference and student perceptions of TBL outcomes when Group Application exercises are excluded from TBL grades.

Methods: During the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 academic years, 175 students (95.

Development of emotional intelligence in a team-based learning internal medicine clerkship.

Background: Although increasing number of articles have been published on team-based learning (TBL), none has explored team emotional intelligence.

Aim: We extend the literature by examining changes in team emotional intelligence during a third year clerkship where TBL is a primary instructional strategy. We hypothesized that team emotional intelligence will change in a positive direction (i.

Treatment of pediatric suppurative mastoiditis: is peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) antibiotic therapy necessary?

Objective: A review of the treatment of pediatric acute mastoiditis requiring surgical intervention managed with and without PICC therapy postoperatively.

Study Design And Setting: Retrospective study of 42 cases from 1989 to 2004 treated at a regional children's hospital.

Results: Sixteen patients received postoperative PICC therapy and 26 received a course of oral antibiotics.